{"id":3490,"date":"2017-06-30T09:46:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T08:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=3490"},"modified":"2018-09-08T07:38:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T06:38:18","slug":"sweet-bean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/sweet-bean\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Bean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday, 04 May 2018: Sweet Bean<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Friday, 04 May 2018, 20:00<\/p>\r\n

Venue<\/strong>: (see Locations and Tickets<\/a> for further details)<\/p>\r\n

Programme category<\/strong>: Forest Row Film Society<\/p>\r\n\r<\/p>\n

Director: Naomi Kawase, Japan 2015, 113 mins, PG<\/p>\n

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\u201cAn ode to the simple joys of life.\u201d The Hollywood Reporter<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When struggling street-baker Sentaro agrees to employ an elderly lady to help him out, she teaches him how to make her truly magical bean paste \u2013 and his little shop starts to flourish. A poignant relationship develops and a story of isolation in modern Japanese society unfolds.<\/p>\n

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"The movie, beautifully shot and acted, earns its ultimate sense of hope by confronting real heartbreak head-on, and with compassion."  Glenn Kenny, The New York Times<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further reading<\/h4>\n
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  1. The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Trailer<\/h4>\n