Trailer: "Departures"

At last we have a trailer for this year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner, Departures.

Trailer for Departures at Listal

It's a great trailer that perfectly captures the film's delicate beauty. Back in March I wrote:

It's an unashamed tearjerker that occasionally borders on manipulative, but it all comes together and works. I had almost given up on it about halfway through, but in the end it won me over. It's a pleasant, heartwarming film with a truly gorgeous Joe Hisaishi score, and its easy to see why the Academy members voted for it.

I hope the film does well, and doubtless the Oscar win will help give it a boost. Waltz with Bashir and The Class already had a lot of buzz, and the Oscar win really put Departures on the map, so maybe it was the best thing all around.