The Japanese Wife
A Bengali movie I watched last night.
My husband insisted that we watch this movie as it had good reviews and looked promising, unaware of the fact that it was in Bengali-the language close to me and he hardly understands. Obviously, he dozed off after about 40 minutes while I watched on till midnight.
It was a beautiful movie, nothing unusual sort and not something that hasn’t been done before. All the actors did excellent job, Mousami chatterji and Rahul Bose were just spectacular.
In the beginning , it felt like one of Satyajit Ray movies. The river, boats, muddy streets, rains and typical mud houses of far off villages in Bengal.
It was a simple yet unusual love story of a Bengali elementary school teacher and a Japanese girl in Japan. Who are both introverts and take solace in writing letters to people across globe. They find themselves as soul mates but due to all practical reason are unable to cross the boarders and physically meet each other.
They get married via letters, which was very sweet though unrealistic. And stay married for 17 years and forever. Events follow, complexities appear and you must watch the movie to unfold those.
Must see if you can decipher Bengali.
My husband insisted that we watch this movie as it had good reviews and looked promising, unaware of the fact that it was in Bengali-the language close to me and he hardly understands. Obviously, he dozed off after about 40 minutes while I watched on till midnight.
It was a beautiful movie, nothing unusual sort and not something that hasn’t been done before. All the actors did excellent job, Mousami chatterji and Rahul Bose were just spectacular.
In the beginning , it felt like one of Satyajit Ray movies. The river, boats, muddy streets, rains and typical mud houses of far off villages in Bengal.
It was a simple yet unusual love story of a Bengali elementary school teacher and a Japanese girl in Japan. Who are both introverts and take solace in writing letters to people across globe. They find themselves as soul mates but due to all practical reason are unable to cross the boarders and physically meet each other.
They get married via letters, which was very sweet though unrealistic. And stay married for 17 years and forever. Events follow, complexities appear and you must watch the movie to unfold those.
Must see if you can decipher Bengali.
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