Beyond Borders: Translation and Cultural Authenticity in Hirokazu Koreeda's 'The Truth'

Making films abroad and in an unfamiliar language is a feat that few directors attempt, and far fewer still pull off. But it's an obstacle that Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda successfully overcomes in The Truth – even if, with its focus on the family dynamics of its privileged protagonists, the film still falls short of his most sophisticated work, as Kenta McGrath argues.

Additional keywords:
France, French, Japan, La vérité, cinema vérité, Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve, Ethan Hawke, After Life, Henri-Georges Clouzot, stereotype, authenticity, cosmopolitan, international co-production, Mark Schilling, Shoplifters