Beauty in unlikely places

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2003)

I've been overwhelmed by the beauty of this film.
**** Some spoilers ****
Two people meet in Tokyo, both are married, but they are of different ages and from different walks of life. Still, they can relate to each other not only because they are both feeling lost in a strange town, but also because they are soulmates. Finding a soulmate, as we all know, is one of the most difficult things ever.... The film's narrative per se is rather scant, but here narrative is not needed. The beautiful shots of Tokyo, the glances Bob and Charlotte exchange, their witty conversation, their embrace at the end (by the way, what did he say?) are more than enough to make this film one of the best I've seen of late. A wonderfully poetic study in loneliness and displacement, in love and restraint. If you see it with someone who does not like it, it means you are not kindred spirits.