A beautiful story

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2020)

I have always been fascinated by Japanese culture so I may not be completely objective.
This is the story of two people who are forced to spend a couple of weeks in a country whose culture and language are estranged to them.
As they are both into relationships that are on the verge to break for lack of communication, they find each other to spend a bit of time and fill-in the emptiness that they feel.
It is slow-paced, with not much music and few dialogues and yet, it is never boring. Probably thanks to Sofia Coppola´s direction that is full of humour and distance to show the cultural differences between the US and Japan. But this is only happening because Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson are delivering the right performance: they have a great chemistry, a great sensitivity, and they are simply great together.
It is not a big film, it is only a great one that I strongly recommend. As per what I said above, maybe keep it for a day when you feel relaxed so you can appreciate the ambiance of the film.