A married couple struggling to get pregnant successfully adopts a child with the help of Baby Baton, an organization that specializes in connecting young expectant mothers unable to care for their babies with couples who desperately want one but can't. Their blissful life is interrupted years later when a young woman claiming to be the birth mother returns for the child. Naomi Kawase's latest beautifully unravels like a slow-burn mystery, revealing two distinct journeys converging in a heart-breaking encounter. Japan's 2021 Oscar Submission. —Joseph Hernandez