A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Karagara
A local town in Japan, 10 years after the unprecedented earthquake. Toritaro and Sachiko live modestly. Every year, when "that day" comes, the two, who do not have a grave, throw a handmade lantern with the girl Chitose into a nearby river to commemorate the dead. The memories of the earthquake were fading from the people, but Toritaro had a big scar that never disappeared. Anxiety was spreading in the town. It grew bigger and bigger.
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A local town in Japan, 10 years after the unprecedented earthquake. Toritaro and Sachiko live modestly. Every year, when "that day" comes, the two, who do not have a grave, throw a handmade lantern with the girl Chitose into a nearby river to commemorate the dead. The memories of the earthquake were fading from the people, but Toritaro had a big scar that never disappeared. Anxiety was spreading in the town. It grew bigger and bigger.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Hiroyuki Morita
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Runtime:75 minutes
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