6.30 for 7pm screening followed by conversation and discussion.
At: Life Rites @ The Boutique Funeral Home, 118 Durham St, Hurstville
The film won the Academy Award for best international feature in 2009. It follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi—a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from those around him, including from his wife, because of strong social taboos against people who deal with death.
Come and share in a film that speaks to so many of us who are creating more family led and sustainable models of end of life, after death and funeral care.
