映画制作日記 #20 「食卓」 | Production Notes #20 "The Dining Table"

This film is symbolized by the scene at the dinner table. The slapstick start of the daily breakfast. The night when Haruka tells her family about her illness. The family gathers not in the living room, but at the dining table. There are calendars, town announcements on the refrigerator, and soy sauce, teacups, and cup noodles are just a few steps away. But it's too small and cumbersome, so small conversations like, "Can you pass me a beer," or "Would you like a fish cutlet? But it's small and cumbersome, so small conversations come and go. It is at the dining table that Haruka laments, "This family is finished. Laughter, sorrow, and frustration come from the dining table. The dining table is a place that modern families seem to forget. This film is a pure love film. The pure love is the love between cousins, family love, and human love. It is a film about the love between cousins, family, and human beings. To be continued.

この映画は食卓のシーンが象徴的に描かれている。ドタバタと始まる毎日の朝ごはん。春花が家族に病気を伝える夜。家族が集まるのは居間ではなく決まって食卓。カレンダーがあって、町内のお知らせが冷蔵庫に貼ってあって、ちょっと手を伸ばせば醤油や湯呑みやカップラーメンがすぐに取れる。でも狭いし面倒だから「ビール取って」とか「フィッシュカツ(小松島名産のお魚のフライ)」食べる？」とかの小さな会話が行き交う。春花が「この家族、終わってるわ」と嘆くのも食卓。笑いも哀しみもイライラも食卓から。現代の家族が忘れそうな場所、食卓。この映画は純愛映画だ。その純愛はいとこ同士の恋愛と家族愛と人間愛。何気ない食卓に小さな愛をちりばめている。つづく。