Village of Dreams

Milestone Films

Identical twin brothers Yukihiko and Seizo are famous artists embarking on a collaboration — a book based on their idyllic childhood in a remote hamlet near Kochi. Their beautiful paintings sweep us back to 1948, when they were in third grade. Known to everyone as “the brats,” the two grapple with catfish in the river, chase birds in the woods, and cause general mischief in the village and school. But the plot is secondary to the film’s wonderfully vibrant sensations of childhood — the rich deta