License to Live
dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · 1999
Life is about reconnecting with loved ones and finding purpose after loss.
"License to Live" is a poignant exploration of identity and the complexities of familial relationships, beautifully rendered through Kiyoshi Kurosawa's contemplative lens. This film invites viewers to reflect on the fragility of connections and the bittersweet journey of rediscovery.
Having fallen into a coma following a car accident at 14, Yutaka wakes ten years later and realizes that his family is no longer intact: father, mother and sister live at different places, so he decides to reopen the farm that his family once ran.
