Plot: One day a young girl wakes up in a small, abandoned miner's village. She has no recollection of who she is or where she came from. She is found by Kii, a woman who keeps the town clean. Kii takes her in and gives the girl a name: Midori. To keep herself busy, Midori helps Kii with her tasks. In her spare time, she wanders around and connects with the few others that roam the premises. One of those people is Aoi, a mysterious man who guards the place. Aoi and Midori instantly connect and start hanging out together as they feel they might've known each other before.
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December 01, 2024
After Life meets Haibane Renmei. Japan loves a good limbo story, Who Were We is the (almost) perfect arthouse execution of the setup. Matsuda and Komatsu are stellar, the cinematography is otherworldly and the soundtrack is stylish. There's not much in the way of a story, this is mostly a mood piece with some slice-of-life (pun intended) scenes scattered in between. I don't get the 4:3 aspect ratio, I feel I never will, but other than that this was a marvelous film.