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What Should We Have Done?
8.2 / 10• 2024• 1h 42m•NR• Japanese
Documentary
Storyline
In 1983, the director’s 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia. Her parents couldn’t accept it—refusing to seek treatment for their sick child, they confined her to their house, to the point of even fixing a padlock on the front door to lock her in. Her younger brother, suspicious of his parents’ actions, began filming the family in an effort to openly question them. A family conflict that lasted over twenty years.
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fujino Tomoaki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. What Should We Have Done? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
