“Somewhere” is a “momentary relief” created by director Sofia Coppola, a painter of loneliness.

“Somewhere” synopsis

Hollywood movie star Johnny Marco. He temporarily lived in the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, drove around in luxury cars, partied, drank and had sex, and lived the glamorous life of a celebrity. However, all these things were only to distract him from his lonely feeling of emptiness. What he treasures are the short moments he has with his 11-year-old daughter Cleo, who lives with his ex-wife. He lives a self-indulgent life, but due to his mother's sudden long-term absence, he ends up taking care of Cleo indefinitely. Eventually, Johnny heads to Italy with Cleo to attend a movie award ceremony, but...

Index

• A work that captures “inviolable peace”
• The gap between the sophisticated appearance and the serious content
• The theme of "solitude" underlying the director's work
• Sophia's commitment to using her father's lenses
• Elle Fanning’s presence as a symbol of “salvation”
• A purpose in life symbolized by the “budding awareness of parenthood”

A work that captures “inviolable peace”

When we were together, even the moments of slumber were blissful.

The quiet days with his daughter mend his empty heart.

Somewhere(10) is director Sofia Coppola's fourth feature film. This film, which depicts the uncertain and delicate relationship between a Hollywood star and his daughter, is such a personal and static masterpiece that you might forget the glorious fact that it won the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. .

Johnny (Stephen Dorff) is a popular actor in Hollywood. He lives in a world of turmoil, and even though he lives in a luxury hotel, he feels a hopeless feeling of emptiness in his heart. One day, he ends up taking care of Cleo (Elle Fanning), his child with his ex-wife. As Johnny spends peaceful days with his daughter, he begins to feel stability and happiness, but the day when Cleo returns to her mother is relentlessly approaching...

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By the way, the competition section of the 67th Venice International Film Festival has a pretty strong lineup, including ` `Black Swan ,'' `` Thirteen Assassins ,'' and `` The Essential Killing, '' with Quentin Tarantino serving as the president of the jury. This film, which has a calm atmosphere, would have been quite distinctive. It looks like it flew away).

It was also ranked in the top 10 independent films at the 2010 National Board of Review Awards. In addition to this work, there are works with outstanding ideas such as ` `Animal Kingdom ,'' `` The Ghost Writer ,'' and ``Monsters .''

It was released in Japan in April 2011. This year gave the impression of being quite a bumper year, with the release of the final installment of the Harry Potter series, ` `Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,'' `` The King's Speech,'' and `` The Social Network .'' The films released at the same time as ``Somewhere'' are packed with masterpieces such as `` Blue Valentine '' and `` Kids Are All Right .''

However, even if you ignore the award history, ``Somewhere'' is full of special brilliance. Although it's a short film that doesn't really involve anything happening and is less than 100 minutes long, it never gets old even 10 years after its release, and it gently envelops the viewer. This is probably because it encloses an "inviolable peace" that can be called a "sanctuary of the heart."

The gap between the sophisticated appearance and the serious content