Foreign Film: Departures: Saturday, August 13, 2 p.m.: Daigo Kobayashi, an out-of-work cellist, takes a position in a funeral home preparing bodies for burial. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death.
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