Forma (重遇我, 你慌嗎?)

If ever there's a slow burner in the HKIFF so far, its' got to be my fifth film Forma by Ayumi Sakamoto.  It lasts a full 149 minutes. If a movie lasts that long, the director better be prepared to justify it to the audience. As far as I am concerned, no matter how sympathetic I try to be, I can't really find it.

                     
Umeno Nagisa as Kaneshiro Ayako thinking of her revenge upon her high school tennis captain Hosaka Yukari played by Matsuoka Emiko

 

(left) Yukari and (right) Ayako having lunch after Yukari's first day of work under Ayako