Suzaku

August 26, 2009 | No comments

Program : Retrospective : Naomi Kawase

SUZAKU | MOE NO SUZAKU
Japan, 1997, 95 min.
Original version with Portuguese subtitles

Nishiyosino-mura is a village in a forest famous for its cedars at Nara. Kozo Tahara is the head of a family that has worked in forestry for generations. In 1971, the economic crisis hits the village, forcing many of its inhabitants to leave. That same year a project to build an access tunnel to the village is announced. Kozo, who lives modestly with his mother Sachiko, his wife Yasuyo and his nephew, Eisuke (whose mother left the village) and his beloved little girl, Michiru, is excited by the tunnel project. Byt halfway through construction, the tunnel is abandonned. Fifteen years have passed. The Tahara family now lives on the edge of poverty and is financially dependent on Eisuke. Michiru is now a teenager and her feelings for Eisuke, whom she has always love as a brother, undergo a change. As for Eisuke, separated from his mother since childhood, he develops a deep affection for Yasuyo. One fine day, Kozo leaves the house with his favorite 8mm camera.

SCHEDULE
09/19 – 18:30
09/23 – 16:30

Program : Retrospective : Naomi Kawase