---
title: 'The Mourning Forest (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Naomi Kawase'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mourning-forest-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016205/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mourning Forest (2007)

2007 · 97 min · Drama · France, Japan

Original title: 殯の森

## Synopsis

The Mourning Forest  is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Naomi Kawase. It won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a nurse who is grieving for her dead child. She works at a nursing home and grows close to an elderly man, suffering from dementia, who is searching in the local forest for something connected to his dead wife that he cannot explain.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Naomi Kawase](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomi-kawase)
- **Screenplay:** [Naomi Kawase](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomi-kawase)
- **Producer:** [Hengameh Panahi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hengameh-panahi)

## Cast

- [Makiko Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/makiko-watanabe)
- [Machiko Ono](https://cinepixo.com/people/machiko-ono)

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