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東京で俳優の仕事をしていた主人公・さえはコロナ禍を経て、俳優を引退する。新たな環境で出会う人たち、両親の老いに触れる瞬間、旧友の支え。人生の途中で、すとん、と腹に落ちた瞬間。自分にしか聞こえない音。

Suton is a kind of sound used to describe coming to an “understanding” or “settling” something.

The story starts when the main character, a woman living alone in Tokyo, begins working at a neighborhood café. Her life seems placid, but an encounter with a customer triggers an avalanche of memories from her past, revealing the background of the bitter consequences of having her work canceled because of COVID-19, the effect of which affected her mental health and cut short her career as an actress. Now that she has reached her bottom and settled, she begins to live life without a script and absorbs the words and ways of life of the people she meets. Succinctly shot vignettes and agile leaps between place and time make this a touching character study marked by poignancy over ideas such as aging and separation but also the warmth of her connections with others.