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The Truth SHARE BUTTON Arguably the most interesting filmmaker to emerge in the last couple of decades, Hirokazu Ko- re-eda has worked at a prolific rate, giving us roughly a movie a year, most of which have met with critical acclaim. With his lat- est, The Truth, Kore-eda leaves his native Japan to try his hand NJ STAGE - ISSUE 69 by Eric Hillis at European cinema, and it’s a remarkably effortless transition. If you didn’t know this French set drama was written and directed by Kore-eda, you might easily believe it a work of a local film- maker like Mikhaël Hers, André Téchiné or Robert Guediguian, so readily has Kore-eda adapted INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 82