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Dear Etranger

2017 · 127 min Drama
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

Makoto Tanaka, at forty, builds a new family with Nanae and her two daughters from a previous marriage. He strives to become a true father to the girls and create a harmonious home. Ordinary happiness seems finally within reach, but Nanae's pregnancy becomes an unexpected test for their fragile balance. Beneath the surface of their orderly days, hidden fears, jealousy, and questions about what it truly means to be a family begin to stir. Each member starts to re-examine their roles and expectations.

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Original Title 幼な子われらに生まれ
Year 2017
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director Yukiko Mishima
Runtime 127 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (19 votes)

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The film examines the quiet drama of resetting family bonds with near-documentary delicacy, favoring subtle psychological shifts over dramatic confrontations. The camera observes the characters like close acquaintances, their unspoken thoughts readable in pauses and glances.

What lingers after the credits is a quiet, aching understanding of the complexity of simple things—being a parent, a spouse, oneself. The narrative's strength lies in its respectful, unflinching gaze at ordinary emotional labor. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Yukiko Mishima

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Subdued light of a Japanese apartment, silence between sentences, a feeling of fragile calm.

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