Leonine 5 centimetres per second

"How fast must I live to see you again?" Young Takaki and sweet Akari meet, fall in love, and then part ways. They search for themselves and each other, for words to express their feelings, touch one another, drift apart again, and grow up. Sad and beautiful, they glide through the years, falling in love anew, finding new partners, new tasks, and goals, forgetting each other yet missing something. Like petals dancing in the wind and slowly falling to the ground. In three wonderful short stories, director Makoto Shinkai explores the question of what the unspoken leaves behind and what the path looks like on which we leave no traces.