Post-Production - JAPANESE, ENGLISH, SPANISH-ARGENTINE - Comedy, Drama, Art - Culture - 74 minutes
An Argentinian director creates a play in Tokyo. One of the participants, Chiyoko, tries to use this play to save her Noh theater from destruction and begins to dance this ancient art forbidden to women.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Marco CANALE, Juan FERNANDEZ GEBAUER, Ignacio RAGONE Writer(s) : Marco CANALE Cast : Fuji MIKAGE, Yoko IMANAKA, Yasuhiko TERADA, Marco CANALE Producer(s) : Giorgina MESIANO (Criatura Films), Marco CANALE (La velocidad de la luz), Ignacio RAGONE (Vaskim), Juan FERNÁNDEZ GEBAUER (Vaskim)
Marco, an Argentinian director, creates a play with a group of elderly people in Tokyo, based on their memories and fictions. One of the participants, Chiyoko, tries to use this play to save her old Noh theatre from destruction and begins to dance this ancient art, which is forbidden to women. Confronting the spirit of her late husband - an old master - who asks her to find a forgotten pine tree where Noh theatre was born hundreds of years ago. Confronted with the coronavirus, the elders will struggle to create a work that will change their lives, facing the darkness of the past, the light of friendship and the mystery of death.
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA, JAPAN, GERMANY
Mar Del Plata FF 2021 (OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Argentine (Special Jury Mention for Best Film))