The Mourning Forest

IMDb link: 1016205
IMDb rating: 6.7 (3,064 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Naomi Kawase
Cast: Machiko Ono, Shigeki Uda, Kanako Masuda, Yoichiro Saito and others

Release date: 23 Jun 2007
Release year: 2007
Runtime: 97 minutes
Country: Japan, France
Keywords: mortality, buddhism, mourning, retirement home, forest, f rated, three word title, location in title, title directed by female, tree

Plot:

A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.

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