2007 | Color | 112 min Two sisters love to hate each other; their stepbrother and his new wife get caught in the middle. This dysfunctional family will experience a life-changing summer. Traumatic incidents from the past, present conflicts, horror-manga, and a bloody family feud are all part of this passionate drama. Sumika, an aspiring actress, returns from Tokyo to her rural hometown in order to attend her parents´ funeral. Upon Sumika´s return, her younger sister, Kiyomi, seems strangely afraid of her. Shinji, the older stepbrother, is keeping a secret from his wife, Machiko, whom he wed in an arranged marriage. Sumika, bored in her hometown, kills time by writing fan letters to an up-and-coming film director and asking him to cast her in his latest film. Kiyomi is a talented manga artist, but she must stay away from drawing, as this is what caused the whole conflict between siblings in the first place. Each member of the family tries to find the meaning of life and of love in their own way. Will they succeed Country: Japón Direction: Yoshida; Daihachi Script: Motoya; Yukiko, Yoshida; Daihachi Production: Yutaka; Suzuki, Shuji; Kakimoto, Keisuke; Konishi Photography: Atsushi; Ozawa, Shoichi; Ato Sound: Masato; Yano Music: Soichiro; Suzuki, Yoshiaki; Kusaka Cast:Sato; Eriko, Satsukawa; Aimi, Nagasaku; Hiromi, Nagase; Masatochi Art direction: Yasuaki; Harada Participation year at FICM: 2007
2007 | Color | 112 min Two sisters love to hate each other; their stepbrother and his new wife get caught in the middle. This dysfunctional family will experience a life-changing summer. Traumatic incidents from the past, present conflicts, horror-manga, and a bloody family feud are all part of this passionate drama. Sumika, an aspiring actress, returns from Tokyo to her rural hometown in order to attend her parents´ funeral. Upon Sumika´s return, her younger sister, Kiyomi, seems strangely afraid of her. Shinji, the older stepbrother, is keeping a secret from his wife, Machiko, whom he wed in an arranged marriage. Sumika, bored in her hometown, kills time by writing fan letters to an up-and-coming film director and asking him to cast her in his latest film. Kiyomi is a talented manga artist, but she must stay away from drawing, as this is what caused the whole conflict between siblings in the first place. Each member of the family tries to find the meaning of life and of love in their own way. Will they succeed Country: Japón Direction: Yoshida; Daihachi Script: Motoya; Yukiko, Yoshida; Daihachi Production: Yutaka; Suzuki, Shuji; Kakimoto, Keisuke; Konishi Photography: Atsushi; Ozawa, Shoichi; Ato Sound: Masato; Yano Music: Soichiro; Suzuki, Yoshiaki; Kusaka Cast:Sato; Eriko, Satsukawa; Aimi, Nagasaku; Hiromi, Nagase; Masatochi Art direction: Yasuaki; Harada Participation year at FICM: 2007
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24