Toward a Common Tenderness
★ 6 · 2017 · 64m · Documentary
Moments in the life of a young Japanese filmmaker in Bosnia, charged with acoustic and visual poetry. Buoyant and essayistic entries in a process of self- and world-reassurance.
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