Marco, an Argentine theater director, creates a play with a group of elderly people in Tokyo, based on their memories and fictions. One of the participants, Chiyoko, seeks to use this play to save her old Noh theater from destruction, and begins to dance in this ancient art form, a practice traditionally forbidden to women. In doing so, she confronts the spirit of her late husband - an old master - who asks her to find a forgotten pine tree, the birthplace of Noh theater hundreds of years ago. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, these elders will strive to create a performance that changes their lives, confronting the darkness of the past, the light of friendship, and the mystery of death
Nationality
Argentina
Japón
Screening format
DCP
Language
Japanese
Production company
Vaskim Tokio Arts Council Criatura La Velocidad de la Luz
Awards
☆ Mención Especial del Jurado Competencia Argentina - festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata (Argentina, 2021)
International Festivals
☆ Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata - Competencia Argentina (Argentina, 2021)
Marco, an Argentine theater director, creates a play with a group of elderly people in Tokyo, based on their memories and fictions. One of the participants, Chiyoko, seeks to use this play to save her old Noh theater from destruction, and begins to dance in this ancient art form, a practice traditionally forbidden to women. In doing so, she confronts the spirit of her late husband - an old master - who asks her to find a forgotten pine tree, the birthplace of Noh theater hundreds of years ago. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, these elders will strive to create a performance that changes their lives, confronting the darkness of the past, the light of friendship, and the mystery of death