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Post-Production - Environmental, True Story, Drama

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  • Cannes 2019 (Line up)
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Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Andrew LEVITAS
Writer(s) : David K. KESSLER
Cast : Johnny DEPP, Minami , Hiroyuki SANADA, Tadanobu ASANO, Ryo KASE, Jun KUNIMURA, Bill NIGHY

Producer(s) : Johnny DEPP, Andrew LEVITAS, Gabrielle TANA, Sam SARKAR

Synopsis

Three-time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971.

With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse, disconnected from society and his career. But an old friend and a commission from “Life"" Magazine editor Ralph Graves, convince him to journey back to Japan to expose the devastating annihilation of a coastal community, victims of corporate greed and complicit local police and government.

Armed with only his trusted Nikon camera, Smith must find the images that will bring this story to the World. At first, no one wants to help him and there's a new threat at every corner. But to finally stop hiding behind the lens and earn this broken community’s trust may prove to be Smith’s greatest challenge.

MINAMATA is a moving redemptive story of how one man's powerful photograph impacted the world, yet in order to find it he had to open his heart.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020 Special Gala


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