IFC – SIDONIE IN JAPAN

IFC – SIDONIE IN JAPAN

Rating: PG   (Mild themes and sexual references)
Duration: 96 mins
Director: Élise Girard
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, August Diehl, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Genre: Drama, romance
Language: French with English subtitles

 

Sidonie Perceval (Isabelle Huppert), an established French writer, is mourning her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is welcomed by her local editor who takes her to Kyoto, the city of shrines and temples. As they travel together through the Japanese spring blossoms, she slowly opens up to him. But the ghost of her husband follows Sidonie: she will have to finally let go of the past to let herself love again.

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Wed 25th Sep:

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