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Completed - JAPANESE - Fantasy - 78 minutes

Log Line

Freedom? What's that?

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Sion SONO
Cast : Ami TOMITE, Mariko TSUTSUI

Producer(s) : Naoko KOMURO (NIKKATSU CORPORATION)

Synopsis

A 21-year-old Kyoko is an up-and-coming artist filled with self-confidence. She often falls in to a slump and takes her frustration out on a 36-year-old assistant, Noriko, while overstating her creativity and artistry. Kyoko behaves like an absolute “queen” and humiliates Noriko sexually in front of staff.
"Cut!", someone says suddenly. It is actually a filming location. Just then, it is Noriko that begins to berate Kyoko in violent terms. Noriko is well-experienced actress in reality. Their relationship between “a queen and a slave” is totally reversed.
One film is shot within a film; another film is shot within the film, like a matrioshka. Sono expresses the reversing truth/falsity and strength/weakness through its subtle plot and the repeated descriptions of a disgraceful sex.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

AUSTRALIA ARCADIA
PORTUGAL SPAMFLIX
UNITED KIN THIRD WINDOW FI
USA MUBI, INC


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Festivals and Awards

Sitges FF 2016
L'Étrange Festival 2016


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