Radiance

RADIANCE

2017, Japan-France, 101’, Drama-Romance, Color, Japanese

Director : Naomi Kawase

Scenario : Naomi Kawase

Scenario : Tatsuya Fuji, Mantarô Koichi, Ayame Misaki

Cinematographer : Arata Dodo

Editor : Tina Baz

An unforgettable love story from the emotional lens of multi-award winning director Naomi Kawase…

2017 Cannes Film Festival Competition Film

Synopsis:

Mikasi is a a writer of film versions for the visually impaired. She never knew her father and lives a quite lonely life as her mother has dementia. She always searched for the love missing in her life and the absence of her father in the wrong people. During a film screening, she meets a man even more wounded than her, Masaya. A respected photographer, Masaya is getting blinder by the day due to an illness. Recently divorced, Masaya is lonely as well and is dealing with the pain of realizing that he will soon lose the ability to carry out his only passion in life, photography. This chance encounter will help these two wounded people heal and find the hope they lost in life.

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