Foreign Film Fun

Hey all, I'm back once again!  Having some time to kill this week, I decided to watch a foreign film.  I ended up selecting the movie I Wish, which is a Japanese movie (thank goodness for English subtitles).  Despite what I was originally thinking, this movie was really good.  Basically to get the plot line in quick, two brothers were separated by divorce of their parents.  There is this myth that if you see when two bullet trains pass and make a wish as they are passing, your wish will come true.  The son who lives with his mother is desperate for his family to be back together, while his brother is not.  So then these two boys end up, along with some of their friends, getting on trains and meeting where these bullet trains are going to pass.  Everyone makes their wish, except for the brother who wants his family back together.  The boys then part ways and return home.  At times  this movie confused me a little, but I think it was mostly because I was caught up in reading the subtitles or just not paying close enough attention.  Also, I think that sometimes I get caught up in the need for a happy ending, which this movie didn't really have.  Some of the people who made wishes that day experienced their wishes coming true, but I was kept guessing about the dog, Marbles, who died prior to the trip, was carried all the way along in a backpack, and wished back to life.  At the end, some of the children peer into the backpack, but it is never shown what happens to poor Marbles.  I was also confused by the fact that the kids wore t-shirts with all English writing on them.  I really enjoyed this movie, and I just may have to watch some more foreign films.