The Missing Post Office (France) by Clement Lefer
Documentary Short Films / Cannes International Film Week
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9m 22s
In the Seto Inland Sea, the abandoned post office of Awashima was transformed into a sanctuary for undelivered letters, sent to the lost, the dead, or no one at all. At 91, postmaster Katsuhisa Nakata continues to care for these fragments of memory. The Missing Post Office is a quiet, cinematic meditation on time, absence, and the emotional weight of words that may never be read.
Running time: 00:08:50
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