Dir. Kōji Fukada
2022 | 123 mins | Japan, France
Japanese, Korean, Korean Sign Language with English subtitles
Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Tetta Shimada, Atom Sunada, Hirona Yamazaki

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• Sat 07 Oct: 3.30pm*
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In his new feature LOVE LIFE, Japanese writer-director Kôji Fukada delivers a beguiling, beautifully paced portrait of a family navigating the aftermath of a tragedy, with honesty and a sense of hope.

Inspired by Japanese singer and musician Akiko Yano’s song, Love Life, the film tells the story of Taeko (Fumino Kimura) and her husband Jiro (Kento Nagayama) who are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita (Tetta Shimada), when a tragic accident brings the boy’s long-lost father, Park (Atom Sunada), back into Taeko’s life.

To cope with the pain and guilt she feels after the accident, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man for whom she feels a strong sense of responsibility. Kôji Fukada powerfully uses sign language in the film and has said of this choice that, “I don’t have to come up with reasons to have hearing people in my films, so it would be unfair to ask for a reason to have a deaf person. Hopefully, this film will be a step towards this becoming the norm, where we don’t demand a special reason to have deaf people in films. That would be a great innovation to come out of this.”

∆ BBFC Rating Details:

12A – moderate upsetting scenes, brief violence

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