Still the Water (2つ目の窓, Futatsume no mado) is a 2014 Japanese romance film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It has been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Kawase has described the film as her "masterpiece", deserving of the Palme d'Or and states: "This is the first time that I have said this about a film. After the Camera d'Or and the Grand Prix, there is nothing I want more than the Palme d'Or. I have my eyes on nothing else."
The film was taken in the scenic nature of Amami City, Amami Ōshima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan in 2013. The music was produced by Hasiken, a male singer-songwriter from Chichibu, Saitama.
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Sur l'île d'Amami, au Japon, les habitants vivent en harmonie avec la nature. Un drame arrive lorsqu'un cadavre est retrouvé dans la mer. Kaito est profondément marqué, tandis que son amie, Kyoko, fait face aux derniers jours de sa mère, gravement malade.
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