Someone

Someone 2016

6.3/10

FD Smart Rating : 6.3

Synopsis : Five college students gather to discuss their lives and job prospects, sharing their hopes, fears and confusions on social media and with each other.

Regions Available ( 1 ) :
Japan

Directors:

Daisuke Miura , Yulin Liu

Actors:

Takeru Sato , Kasumi Arimura , Masaki Suda , Takayuki Yamada , Fumi Nikaido , Masaki Okada , Hai Mao , Qian Li , Pei Liu , Wei Fan

Creators:

Zhenyun Liu

Languages:

Japanese [Original]

Subtitles:

Japanese

Release Date:

2016

Run Time:

1h37m

Maturity Rating:

General Audiences

A portrait of modern people who have forgotten how to converse, Someone to Talk to is Liu Yulin's feature film debut and was based on the book of the same title by Liu Zhenyun. Cobbler Aiguo is in conflict with his wife, while his older sister, street food vender Aixiang, considers marriage later in life. Both desperately want to communicate with someone, though their own situations are at opposite poles. Aiguo then breaks up with his wife and Aixiang marries divorcée Jiefang. Aiguo runs into his childhood friend Chuhong while searching for his wife and falls into conversation with her. It turns out that she is also divorced as a result of communication failure and it seems Aixiang and Jiefang can't get along either. Why does their communication fail like that? How come Aiguo can converse so comfortably with Chuhong? Liu Yulin highlights the idea that Aiguo and his wife, Aixiang and Jiefang are not unusual, but it is universal among modern people of today.