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Being Good

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2015 · 121 min Drama
7.5 / 10 · TMDB

Three interwoven narratives unfold in an ordinary Japanese city. An elementary school teacher, burdened by his own insecurities, witnesses bullying in his classroom but is paralyzed by fear. A young mother, exhausted by isolation and the weight of childcare, teeters on the edge of breaking under her infant's cries. An elderly woman living next door carries a painful secret from her own childhood. Their lives quietly intersect, exploring the fragile line between the trauma we inflict and the trauma we carry, questioning what it truly means to be a 'good child'.

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Original Title きみはいい子
Year 2015
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director Mipo O
Runtime 121 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.5/10 (13 votes)

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"Are You a Good Child?" is a quiet yet relentlessly precise assault on the conscience. Director Yukiko Ichihara foregoes loud dramatic turns, instead trusting the accumulation of small, lifelike details that build into a powerful mosaic of human pain and frailty.

What lingers after the final frame is not a plot, but the haunting weight of unspoken suffering and the fragile possibility of grace in mundane moments. It’s a film that makes silence resonate — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mipo O

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The muted tones of suburban streets, the oppressive quiet of apartments holding a child's cry.

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