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      • Remarkably resistant to sentimentality in individual scenes yet baldly manipulative in the big picture, the melodrama “True Mothers” is probably the most mainstream effort yet from Naomi Kawase, a Japanese director who hasn’t received much distribution in the United States but has been a mainstay of the Cannes Film Festival for two decades.
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  2. True Mothers 2020 2h 20m Drama List 91% Tomatometer 46 Reviews 90% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings An adopted son's mother receives an unexpected visit from the boy's biological mother.

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    • Arata Iura
    • Naomi Kawase
    • Drama
  3. Jan 28, 2021 · “True Mothers” explores the malleable nature of family and complementary forms of mothering: one mother gives birth, another nurtures and a third — the head of the adoption agency (Miyoko ...

    • 140 min
    • Ben Kenigsberg
  4. Sep 18, 2020 · ‘True MothersReview: Naomi Kawase’s Heartbreaking Parenting Saga Goes on Way Too Long. TIFF: A nearly two-and-a-half-hour running time threatens the emotional impact of Kawase's latest,...

    • Ryan Lattanzio
  5. Sep 20, 2020 · Film. Reviews. Sep 20, 2020 1:00am PT. True Mothers: Cannes Regular Naomi Kawase Delivers More Plot Than Usual in Adoption Melodrama. Naomi Kawase’s multi-perspective exploration of...

  6. True Mothers Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Kawase films with a gauzy haze, which heightens the...

  7. Jan 29, 2021 · By Robert Abele. Jan. 29, 2021 9:43 AM PT. Japan’s Naomi Kawase is among the tenderest of filmmakers — you can often sense her caring presence off-camera, in a good way — and her latest ...

  8. Oct 23, 2020 · ‘True Mothers’ (‘Asa ga Kuru’): Film Review. Celebrated Japanese director Naomi Kawase explores maternal pain in her drama about adoption, 'True Mothers' ('Asa ga Kuru'). By Deborah...