Sayônara konbanwa

I had the honour to watch this heartfelt gem at the Japan Film Festival (JFF+) Independent Cinema online screening. 'A girl in my room' is a live-action adaptation of the popular manga by YAMAMOTO Chugaku, sharing the same name.

As an indie film, it really operates with simplicity and eloquent silences - the punch is still there. It does not have many characters, it has almost zero CGI, almost zero soundtrack - the punch is still there.

As for the genre - hard to tell. Definitely not a LOL comedy. Romantic? Yes... sort of. Drama? Yes... sort of. Basically, it is just a nice and deep gem.

My rating: 10/10.

A guy breaks with his girlfriend and discovers, surprise, surprise, that a ghost has been living in their room for the whole time, and now that the girlfriend is gone, they can appear (the girlfriend having had some power to stop the ghost from showing themselves till then). Our main character, Yohei, doesn't seem particularly happy with the appearance, but pretty soon a relationship develops between him and the ghost, and a beautiful story blossoms, with some drops of humor, a little bit of romance, and some drama too. The two main actors do a good job with their characters, and even if there is not much originality here (it is all about relationships), it has a subtlety and human touch that is refreshing and makes the viewing really enjoyable.