It’s a solid, sensitively handled study of the aftermath of a trauma, elevated by tricky, unexpected revelations about Park.

It mixes the mundane with the inexplicable, and empathy with alienation, to nuanced, if never fully stirring effect.

[Kōji Fukada] leaves them and the audience on an uncertain note, contemplating what might come next

Thanks to its ensemble and stunning use of camerawork and blocking, Love Life is another excellent addition to a filmography of longing.