2013 · animation · drama · sci-fi
Someone's Gaze
Directed by Makoto Shinkai7m2013
Aya Okamura has been working for two years and has begun living on her own for a job opportunity. With her mother working overseas as a doctor, her father is now living alone with the family's longtime pet cat Mii-san. One night, Aya returns from a long day at work, and as she rests on her bed, she reminiscences about the times the family had together. She remembers the sadness she felt when her mom went overseas, and the solace she felt when her father brought home Mii-san to give her comfort. Then, she receives a phone call.
Our read: Someone's Gaze (2013) reads as a warm, measured, grounded animation · drama · sci-fi entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle animation / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- measured
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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