The Departure with Lana Wilson in person

With director Lana Wilson and editor David Teague in person

Dir. Lana Wilson. 2017, 87 mins. U.S. DCP. In Japanese with English subtitles. This poetic, singularly intimate portrait follows Japanese Buddhist priest Ittetsu Nemoto, a former wild child who’s dedicated himself to helping suicidal people find reasons to live. In her second feature documentary, Wilson finds a man whose work has taken a toll on his own family and health, as he refuses to draw lines between his professional and personal lives, answering phone calls in the middle of the night and filling his days with visits to the troubled and lonely. The Departure captures Nemoto at a crossroads, when his growing self-destructive tendencies lead him to confront the same question his patients ask: What makes life worth living? The Departure manages to be both astonishingly candid and uniquely philosophical.   

Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

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