01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

Following the Sound

Kyoshi Sugita

Japan

2023, 84'

A filmmaker who focuses on the art of looking and gives his characters the space to do just that, to observe the other in their stillness and fullness. This story interweaves the narratives of two people at two points in time, and they meet again when the young Haru, who works in a bookshop, pretends to ask for directions from the older Yukiko, whose melancholy captivates her intensely.

Silvestre

SCREENINGS

May 25, Saturday, 22:00 (84')

Culturgest, Small Auditorium • C.363

May 29, Wednesday, 19:45 (84')

Cinema Ideal • C.366

INFO

PREMIERE TYPE

National

ORIGINAL TITLE

Kanata No Uta

LANGUAGE

Japanese

SUBTITLES

Portuguese / English

SCRIPT

Kyoshi Sugita

CAST

An Ogawa, Hidekazu Mashima, Yuko Nakamura

SOUND

Young Chang Koh

EDITING

Keiko Okawa

PRODUCER

Misaki Kawamura, Nanako Tsukidate

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