Piecing a person's life together
Films and dramas with a focus on one character piecing together the life of another person.
Generally, this trope features in stories where either A) the main character is searching for a missing person, so they have to learn about that person in order to find them or B) main character is learning about the life of a dead person.
Often, this trope involves the main character learning that the other person is nothing like how they originally believed them to be. Like, they thought the other person was good and innocent but they're actually a terrible person, or something.
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1. The World of Kanako
Japanese Movie - 2014
A father has to search for his daughter, whom he isnt very close with, after she goes missing.
During his search, he goes around questioning people and searching places, in order to piece together the life of his daughter, who turns out to be much darker than he initallly thought
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2. Memories of Matsuko
Japanese Movie - 2006
A guy is sent to clean out his aunt's house following her death.
He has no memories of his aunt, so he learns about her life through meeting people from her life, who tell him her story.
Honestly one of my favourite films, it bestowed me with a very important lesson
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3. The Truth Beneath
Korean Movie - 2016
A mother frantically searches for her missing daughter.
She originally thought she was close with her daughter, but she learns that there were many secrets that the daughter had been hiding from her.
