Renoir「ルノワール」

Synopsis

Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world…

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PRODUCTION INFO

Year: 2025

Production Countries: Japan, France, Singapore, The Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar

Genre: Drama

Language: Japanese, English

Running Time: 118 min

International Sales: Goodfellas (film info page)

CREDITS

Writer/Director: Chie Hayakawa

Cast: Yui Suzuki, Hikari Ishida, Lily Franky, Ayumu Nakajima, Yuumi Kawai, Ryota Bando

Producers: Eiko Mizuno-Gray, Jason Gray, Keisuke Konishi, Christophe Bruncher, Fran Borgia

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Festivals

Cannes Film Festival Competition (World Premiere), Shanghai IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Malaysia IFF, New Horizons IFF (Poland), Sarajevo FF, Melbourne IFF (Competition), Toronto International Film Festival (North American Premiere), Busan International Film Festival, Vancouver IFF, Japannual Film Festival Vienna, Bangkok IFF (Competition), Japanese Film Festival Singapore, Chicago International Film Festival (US Premiere, Competition), Warsaw FF, Hawaii IFF, Newport Beach FF, Vermont IFF, Riga IFF, Jakarta Film Week, QCinema

WORKSHOPS / PROJECT MARKETS

First Cut Lab (2024)

Torino Feature Lab (2023) — Co-production Award, Sub-ti Award