Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 113 minutes
Naomi Kawase returns after Still the Water (Official selection in Competition, Cannes Film Festival 2014).
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Naomi KAWASE Writer(s) : Naomi KAWASE Cast : Kirin KIKI, Masatoshi NAGASE, Kyara UCHIDA
Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayakis - pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. But Tokue proves to have magic in her hands whenit comes to making “an”. Thanks to her secret recipe, the little business soon flourishes... And with time, Sentaro and Tokue will open their hearts to reveal old wounds.
Country(ies) : JAPAN, FRANCE, GERMANY
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Festival de Cannes 2015 Un Certain RegardToronto - TIFF 2015 Contemporary World CinemaBFI London FF 2015 LoveSao Paulo IFF 2015 - New Directors Competition (Audience Award – Best Foreign Fiction)Valladolid IFF 2015 - Official Section (Best Director)