2017 | Color | 95:00 Setsuko is stagnating in middle age until an English class (and a blonde wig) transforms her into a new persona named Lucy. Setsuko quickly falls for her instructor, John, but when he suddenly disappears, she recruits her sister and tracks him from Tokyo to the outskirts of Southern California. In an unfamiliar world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream of Lucy. Direction: Hirayanagi; Atsuko Script: Hirayanagi; Atsuko, Frumin; Boris Production: West; Han, Kito; Yukie, Elbaum; Jessica, Hirayanagi; Atsuko Photography: Huidobro; Paula Sound: Bender; Brian, Cuylan; Deniz, Dubaz; Marcello, Kusakabe; Masaya Music: Friedlander; Erik Cast:Minami; Kaho, Yakusho; Kôji, Kutsuna; Shioli, Mullally; Megan, Aylesworth; Reiko, Terajima; Shinobu, Hartnett; Josh Art direction: Ataka; Norifumi, Hougaard; Jason Participation year at FICM: 2017
2017 | Color | 95:00 Setsuko is stagnating in middle age until an English class (and a blonde wig) transforms her into a new persona named Lucy. Setsuko quickly falls for her instructor, John, but when he suddenly disappears, she recruits her sister and tracks him from Tokyo to the outskirts of Southern California. In an unfamiliar world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream of Lucy. Direction: Hirayanagi; Atsuko Script: Hirayanagi; Atsuko, Frumin; Boris Production: West; Han, Kito; Yukie, Elbaum; Jessica, Hirayanagi; Atsuko Photography: Huidobro; Paula Sound: Bender; Brian, Cuylan; Deniz, Dubaz; Marcello, Kusakabe; Masaya Music: Friedlander; Erik Cast:Minami; Kaho, Yakusho; Kôji, Kutsuna; Shioli, Mullally; Megan, Aylesworth; Reiko, Terajima; Shinobu, Hartnett; Josh Art direction: Ataka; Norifumi, Hougaard; Jason Participation year at FICM: 2017
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
