Sweet Little Lies (2010)

Other name: スイートリトルライズ, Suiito Ritoru Raizu

Description:

Sweet Little Lies is a chilling drama that explores the slow disintegration of a three-year marriage. On the surface, the couple maintains the orderly lives and tender rituals of happy newlyweds, complete with polite smiles. However, underneath this facade of domestic bliss lies a cold, clinical reality filled with awkward averted glances and unspoken truths. Starring Miki Nakatani as the emotionally and sexually starved wife, the film serves as an anti-melodramatic chronicle of a relationship in decay. Directed by Hitoshi Yazaki, this clinical study of a couple unveils how easily lives can be constructed entirely from lies. Yazaki uses a menacing calm in his compositions to guide viewers through the quiet desperation of the protagonist. As the veneer of their perfect marriage begins to crack, the audience is forced to confront the harsh reality of their emotional distance. Sweet Little Lies offers a powerful, cold-as-steel look at marital isolation and the deceptive nature of appearances.

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 2010

Genre:Drama; Romance