Dare mo Shiranai aka Nobody Knows

I've just watched "Nobody Knows," a highly-acclaimed Japanese movie released in 2004 which was based on a true story. It's a story about four siblings abandoned by their mother. The children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. The mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows. Akira, the eldest, was played by Yuya Yagira, who is the youngest to win the Best Actor award in Cannes Film Festival. For a better synopsis of the film: http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/n/nobody-knows.shtml

It made me appreciate how much my family means to me, the simple joys of everyday life, and seeing the world through the eyes of a child. It was a depressing film but it was one of those art films that I love watching. Thanks to Fr. Nick Cruz, SJ (I never regretted signing up for his class), my love for art films has never waned although I've gone from European to Asian art films nowadays.