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RENOIR
| 2025 – 118′ – A Japan/France Co-production. Drama, Coming of Age, Women Directors, Co-Produced by France.
Written by: Chie Ayakawa.
Directed by: Chie Ayakawa.
Starring: Yui Suzuki, Lily Franky, Hikari Ishida, Ayumu Nakajima, Yuumi Kawai, Ryota Bando.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2025.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
A Film Movement release. |
Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world.