COVID-19 pushed us to create many new oppotunities. One of them is”temporary cinema” which supports art cinemas which we call “mini-theaters” in Japan. It is an online service but it gave me a similar experience as enjoying cinemas in a real movie theater rather than seeing streaming services in my computer.

In many cases great films released in mini theaters are not sold as DVD or on a streaming service. So after I moved to the countryside, I missed many great movies. But COVID-19 gave me back this kind of sparkling joy.

And I will describe “Talentime” by Yasmin Ahmad which is a movie I enjoyed: https://www.temporary-cinema.jp/talentime/ . This was the first time to watch a Malaysian movie. Coincidentally, one of her roots is in Japan. This film describes how people live in a multiracial nation by using English, Chinese, Malaysian and Tamil. It includes religious conflict.

On the whole, I experienced tenderness, integrity and beautiful harmony by watching this movie. Before I watched this movie, I was feeling shock and anger from something in my life. My heart felt pierced by sea urchin spines. But after I watched it, my heart become peaceful and harmonious like a still lake surface. Now I am very interested in her other works. And I am glad to feel some connections between us. I feel like I got new wings now.

初出：2020/5/29