A drama of two aging women who live a solitary life collecting discarded items from a nearby town. One day they return home to find a young girl knitting a red sweater in their house. Each time the girl finishes her dress, she promptly unravels it and the mystery unfolds.
Production
Live-action meets stop-motion in unsettling, handmade fashion.
Acting
Kyôko Kishida and Kazuko Yoshiyuki's brittle, codependent sisterhood.
Direction
Tominaga's confident debut—patient, peculiar, totally her own voice.
Director
Mai Tominaga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Mai Tominaga's feature debut after years as an animator; she hand-crafted many of the stop-motion elements herself.
The title refers to pure wool's ability to be unraveled and reknit endlessly—a metaphor the film takes literally and emotionally.
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