Ritual

Ritual

2000 · 128 min · JA · 7.7 (102 votes)
Dir. Hideaki Anno · Starring Shunji Iwai, Ayako Fujitani, Jun Murakami, Shinobu Otake, Suzuki Matsuo, Megumi Hayashibara

“Tomorrow is my birthday.”

Drama

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

VIBE

A quiet, contemplative film that lingers in the mind. It feels like a hazy memory, exploring the fragile nature of human connection and the search for meaning through a melancholic, artistic lens.

melancholicintrospectivewistfulhauntingslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivencinematicartificememoryconnectionexistentialism
based on novel or bookbirthdayfilm director