A Silent Voice: The Movie
映画 聲の形
2016JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Naoko Yamada★ 8.4
Available in English: subtitled
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichopefulhauntingquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
reunionunravelingjourney
Emotion
guiltredemptiongriefbelongingshameloss of innocence
Themes
family wounds passed downcorrupt institutionsmen and women navigating expectationsfamily duty
Feel
emotionally wreckingcatharticquietly hauntingdiscussion starter
Violence
mild