During the time of bereavement, we feel over-whelmed, numb, distracted.
Oscar Sharp's The Karman Line is a fascinatingly surreal and also moving fantasy-parable on the theme of death and bereavement – and also, mysteriously, on what it feels like to die.
While the war sequences nod vigorously (as with No 6) to the blood-thirsty younger audience, director Justin Kurzel also intelligently develops themes in the text of bereavement, trauma and faith, although relocating several interior scenes outdoors in order to show off the Scottish landscape.
In 2007 Kawase won the Grand Prix at Cannes for Mogari no mori (2007; The Mourning Forest), which explored the themes of death and bereavement that had dominated many of her earlier works.
Homespun and playful in its aesthetic, the film tackles weighty themes – the bereavement of the central character – with a light, and often humorous touch.
She began a career as an art curator, finding herself increasingly drawn to themes of memory and bereavement.
Other notable themes of research included bereavement (8%, 10 studies), death & dying (4%, five studies), communication & education (3%, four studies), and spirituality (2%, three studies).
The etiquette of bereavement was intricate.
But there remains, she said, a palpable sense of bereavement.
The little book of bereavement is also recommended reading.
