A beautiful love story to soften your heart (○` 3′○)
RESTART AFTER COMING BACK HOME (Romance/Slice of life) 2020 – Film
Japanese BL
Note: 10/10
At what point do we really question our lives? When do we really reconsider our choices even though we have held on to them for so long? At what point do we ask ourselves if we have not taken the wrong path all along? We are always surprised to find ourselves faced with all these questions and this seemingly unattainable quest, just as Mitsuomi was when he suddenly left his job in a regular office on a whim.
Having left for Tokyo ten years earlier, on bad terms with his parents, Mitsuomi finds it very difficult to come to terms with his sudden return to the countryside. His meeting with Yamato, the adopted son of a village grandfather, saves him from this state of uncertainty. Rediscovering the harshness of country life in a new light, the presence of the young boy with his cheerful and dynamic character will gradually help him to regain a taste for life.
Accompanying Mitsuomi in her rediscovery of the value of life and what really matters, of the meaning to be given to it, and of the link that unites her to the world, Yamato will also make his own internal journey to discover love. Deprived of parental love as a child, his meeting with the Tokyoite will confront him with difficulty he thought insurmountable: to love someone and to live this love fully. If the path is difficult, he will face it courageously, driven by his desire to share his life with Mistuomi.
A story that is both very gentle in its narration and very profound in its message, Restart after coming back home is a jewel box of tenderness consumed without moderation. It will make you navigate between forgiveness and learning about oneself, emotions, and others while rocking you with its pleasant implicity that makes you feel the emotions of its characters with intensity without ever really putting words to them. A flight above the clouds that we all need!