Pittsburgh Premiere

After their Cannes Jury Prize-winning family drama Harmonium, Kôji Fukada—currently one of Japan’s finest directors—and actress Mariko Tsutsui team up once again for another layered and suspenseful slow-burn. Ichiko (Tsutsui) works as a private nurse caring for the Oishos family’s ailing grandmother. She may as well be part of the family, serving additionally as mentor and tutor to Saki and Motoko, the family’s teenage daughters. Their daily routine is shaken to its core when one day, Saki is kidnapped. Although she is safely returned not long after, Ichiko and Motoko may know more about her abductor than they care to let on. In fact, while their shared secret only brings the women closer together, it could lead to Ichiko’s job termination, or worse, involve her in the crime.