Memories Of Matsuko Plus Short Film: Girlfriend In A Kimono
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Tue 2 September 2008 // 20:00
Wed 3 September 2008 // 20:00
(Tue 2nd, Wed 3rd, Fri 5th / 8pm / £4/3/2ttt)
(Tetsuya Nakashima/ Japan/ 2006/ 130 mins/ Cert 15)
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 http://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).
(Tetsuya Nakashima/ Japan/ 2006/ 130 mins/ Cert 15)
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 http://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).