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True Mothers: Cannes Regular Naomi Kawase Delivers More Plot Than Usual in Adoption Melodrama
Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticThere are cinephiles who are transported to aesthetic nirvana by Naomi Kawase’s eco-spiritualism, and there are critics who flee her cinematic ashram. Neither will be wholly satisfied with “True Mothers,” the director’s contemplation of motherhood and adoption, which is her most plot-driven but least visually lustrous film yet.
