Renoir
Non-Premiere
118 minutes | 2025 | Japan | Drama | 🔊 Japan
Synopsis
Sinopsis
Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness and is in and out of the hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world.
Schedule
Jadwal
Sun, 30 Nov 2025 | 12:30 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 3
Wed, 3 Dec 2025 | 15:45 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 3
Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Chie Hayakawa
Born in Tokyo in 1976, she studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film Niagara (2013) was invited to the Cinéfondation section at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize at the Pia Film Festival. She directed an episode of Ten Years Japan (2018), with Kore-eda Hirokazu serving as executive producer. Hayakawa made her feature debut with Plan 75 (2022), which was selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes and received a Special Mention for the Camera d’Or. Renoir is her second feature film and has been selected for the competition section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
Credit
Kredit
| Production Company | Loaded Films Ltd., Happinet-Phantom Studios, Ici et Là Productions, Akanga Film Asia, Dongyu Club, Kinofaction, Ten Carat, Nathan Studios, Daluyong Studios, ARTE France Cinema, KawanKawan Media, Panoranime |
| Producer | Eiko Mizuno-Gray, Jason Gray, Keisuke Konishi, Christophe Bruncher, Fran Borgia, Jossette C. Atayde, Alemberg Ang, Olivier Père & Rémi Burah, Yulia Evina Bhara, Amerta Kusuma, Amel Lacombe |
| Director | Chie Hayakawa |
| Scriptwriter | Chie Hayakawa |
| Cinematographer | Hideho URATA |
| Production Designer | Keiko MITSUMATSU |
| Editor | Anne KLOTZ |
| Main Cast | Yui Suzuki, Lily Franky, Hikari Ishida |
| Director’s filmography |
|
| Notable Achievement |
|
| Contact | yuliaevina@gmail.com |
