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There is almost always a ghost in aHirokazu Kore-edafilm, even though hes never made an actual ghost story.
In that movie, the departed are the ones haunted by the world.)
Kore-eda has gone through a golden period in recent years.
Indeed, its the ingenue Manon who plays the mother, and aging icon Fabienne who plays the daughter.
Ripe territory for Kore-eda the ever-shifting dynamics of families has always been his great subject.
Here, those changes are measured not so much in actions but in attitudes.
Everything every scene, every line of dialogue feels like its working toward a point.
Which, when you think about it, is a good way to never actually make a point.
Or maybe its the difficulty of working in a foreign language.
But theres a programmed quality toThe Truththat feels off, and undermines Kore-edas behavioral style of filmmaking.
The picture is most effective in its most glancing, throwaway instances.
Sadly, inThe Truth, those moments are few and far between.
