Hanalei Bay
Watch TrailerA single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son’s death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young Japanese surfer with one leg.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | ハナレイ・ベイ |
| Year | 2018 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Daishi Matsunaga |
| Runtime | 97 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.7/10 (3 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The director constructs the film not around dramatic events, but around the palpable weight of time — the sound of waves, silent glances, the viscosity of grief. He explores the thin line between sorrow, preserved in ritual, and life that stubbornly persists with each new swell.
What lingers after is not emptiness, but a strange peace, like the feeling after a long stare at the horizon where pain and hope dissolve into the same tidal rhythm. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Daishi Matsunaga
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Alone, with soft lighting, preferably on a quiet evening.
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