康城常客河瀨直美再探討生命、死亡及情愛的循環，故事發生在河瀨家族於二戰前的故鄉鹿兒島縣奄美大島上，在八月滿月之夜 舉行傳統舞蹈大會中，14歲男孩發現了一具浮屍，於是找來女友破解神秘的謎團，同時透過對大自然的敬畏，慢慢解開他們心靈深處的枷鎖。河瀨直美以虛構的故事和真實的宗教習俗儀式，記錄人與世界融合的可能性；奄美大島獨特的海洋景色，比《殯之森》（第四屆）、《朱花之月》（第八屆）古都奈良之美更壯觀。
Japanese arthouse auteur Kawase Naomi’s latest meditation on the relationship between man and nature is a coming-of-age romance between the daughter of a terminal ill shaman and a teenage boy trying to overcome his parents’ divorce. Mostly shot on Amami Island, the ancestral home of Kawase’s family, this absorbing and beautifully shot drama sees the filmmaker looking inwards as she patiently contemplates spiritual issues like death, reincarnation, familial roots and sexuality. The refreshingly raw performances of young stars Murakami Nijiro and Yoshinaga Jun lend the film a much-needed humanity that provides balance to the story’s philosophical elements. Her fifth film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, Still the Water has been self-described by Kawase as her masterpiece.
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