FILM REVIEW - The Great Passage

Description:
Selected as the official foreign-language entry to the 2014 Academy Awards from Japan. A dictionary... it sorts the words that people use to share feelings, reveals and presents the most appropriate word meanings in a useful manner. This film is the story of an eclectic editorial department at a certain publisher, where the eccentric characters strive to compile (= weave) a dictionary (= boat) to cross the dark sea of words, a story of the joy of words, the joy of life, a hymn of praise to those truly in lo
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, OzAsia Film Festival