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True Mothers: Cannes Regular Naomi Kawase Delivers More Plot Than Usual in Adoption Melodrama

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Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticThere are cinephiles who are transported to aesthetic nirvana by Naomi Kawase’s eco-spiritualism, and there are critics who flee her cinematic ashram.

Neither will be wholly satisfied with “True Mothers,” the director’s contemplation of motherhood and adoption, which is her most plot-driven but least visually lustrous film yet.

Like most of her previous features, this one also made Cannes’ official selection, only this one had to wait till Toronto to premiere after COVID struck.

Resembling the relationship-based “Red Bean,” this dip into less mystical waters may give the film wider reach beyond French devotees to non-art-house fans of melodrama, especially in Asia.Kawase’s father walked out at her tender.

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