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
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The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
