Memories Of Matsuko Plus Short Film: Girlfriend In A Kimono
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Fri 5 September 2008 // 20:00
Tetsuya Nakashima/ Japan/ 2006/ 130 mins/ Cert 15/ £4/£3/£2ttt
8pm Tue 2nd, Wed 3rd, Fri 5th September
When a bored college student learns that a long lost aunt has been found dead in a park, he begins piecing together her life to see if it had any value. What he finds is a revelation. Talented film director, Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls), wields a host of cinematic tools to make Memories of Matsuko a memorably entertaining and emotionally powerful fairytale tragedy, weaving together realistic human drama with offbeat comedy and spectacular (Bob Fosse-like) production numbers to tell the heartbreaking story of the aunt, Matsuko Kawajiri, a starry-eyed woman who spends her entire life serching for a worthy "prince" capable of returning her limitless love. Versatile actress, Miki Nakatani, renders a virtuosic performance in the lead role of Matsuko.
Screening in association with Third Window Films www.thirdwindowfilms.com
We will be screening Dominic Thackray's acclaimed 10 minute short before the main feature, Girlfriend in a Kimono (2006, 15, starring with Penny Rimbaud and Shizuka Hata).
8pm Tue 2nd, Wed 3rd, Fri 5th September
When a bored college student learns that a long lost aunt has been found dead in a park, he begins piecing together her life to see if it had any value. What he finds is a revelation. Talented film director, Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls), wields a host of cinematic tools to make Memories of Matsuko a memorably entertaining and emotionally powerful fairytale tragedy, weaving together realistic human drama with offbeat comedy and spectacular (Bob Fosse-like) production numbers to tell the heartbreaking story of the aunt, Matsuko Kawajiri, a starry-eyed woman who spends her entire life serching for a worthy "prince" capable of returning her limitless love. Versatile actress, Miki Nakatani, renders a virtuosic performance in the lead role of Matsuko.
Screening in association with Third Window Films www.thirdwindowfilms.com
We will be screening Dominic Thackray's acclaimed 10 minute short before the main feature, Girlfriend in a Kimono (2006, 15, starring with Penny Rimbaud and Shizuka Hata).