Friday, May 9, 2014

My pretend girlfriend (2014)

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Year of first release: 2014
Director: Yakumo Saiji
Actors: Hayami Akari, Takeushi Taro, Kudo Asuka, Ishibashi Anna
Country: J
Genre: Romance
Conditions of visioning: 03.05.2014, Teatro nuovo, FEFF2014
Synopsis: Momone (Hayami Akari) had an affair with Miyazaki (Kudo Asuka) and to cover it in front of the official girlfriend Tetsuko (Ishibashi Anna), Noboru (Takeuchi Taro) is asked to be a fake boyfriend to Momone. She will become his first love. 
Review: The plot is interesting but the story itself does not go much further than that. The double dates and when the guys are together are scenes particularly empty of story. Maybe there is a sense in it, but I did not understood it.
The acting is quite good especially the one of Momone. Nevertheless not much happens and when something happens in the dialogue between the two guys, the confidence part is coming from nowhere. The dialogues between Momone and Noboru are good. The scene of Momone and Noboru on the roof and outside town are particularly well directed for the picture and the dialogues. The rest has not much content, so that out of 109 minutes, this could have been much shorter. 
Rating: 4 /10

1 comment:

  1. The digestion of an excellent lunch made me fall asleep after 20 minutes of movie, and I left the room shortly after, so I cannot rate it. But from what I have seen I suspect that 109 minutes feels reeeeally long.

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