Letter from a yellow cherry blossom

August 26, 2009 | No comments

Program : Retrospective : Naomi Kawase

CARTA DE UMA CEREJEIRA AMARELA EM FLOR | LETTER FROM A YELLOW CHERRY BLOSSOM | TSUIOKU NO DANSU
Japan, 2002, 65 min.
Original version with Portuguese subtitles

Nishii Kazuo is a renowned photo critic and chief editor for the Camera Mainichi magazine that publishes the most provocatives japanese photographers like Araki Nobuyoshi and Moriyama Daido. In the fall of 2001, Kawase receives a call from Nishii. “I cannot live longer than two months. Would you film me, to my last breath? I’ll count on you, Kawase.” His saying “count on you” sticks in Kawase’s head. On the following day she starts visiting him in the hospital, in Tokyo, with her camera. The time left for the sick Nishii gradually and surely passes, and Kawase tries to film the inspirations she gets from his existence.

SCHEDULE
09/22 – 16:30

Program : Retrospective : Naomi Kawase