by Sanriel Chris Ajero

Kûki ningyô
Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast: Doona Bae, Arata, Itsuji Itao
125 mins
Japan

 

I am an air doll,

I

a substitute for handling sexual desire.

I

I

I 

An air doll –

  

I 

 

beautiful

but unadorned;

I

I

I

carefree

but not free;

I

  

I

innocent

but aware;

  I

  

I 

 packed

but empty.

 

I

I

I

Like my bottles,

I

I

the wilting dandelions,

I

I

the rotting apples,

I

I

and everybody else.

I

I

I

Filled with aching loneliness,

I

I

biting yearning,

  I

I

and heartbreaking loss.

 I

 I

I

We all need somebody

 

I

to feel warmth,

 

I

to feel joy,

 

I

to feel pain,

 

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and to teach us –

 

 

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How to live,

how to die.

 

 

I

How to love,

how to cry.

I

I

I

She found a home.

 

 

I

She found somebody.

 

I

I

She found a heart –

 I

 

 I

I

having a heart was heartbreaking.

 

 I

  

I

 

Open your eyes.

 

 

 I

  

I

Open your hearts.

 

I

  

I

We are not air dolls –

  

I

but we are deflated.


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I

I

  

And I can fill you in with my breath.

  

I

I

I

I

I am an air doll.

  

I

I

Am I real?

  

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I

Is this real?

 

 

 

 

Does it matter?

 

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Rating: 3/5