JAPANESE STORY (15)
Screening at the Serge Constantin Theatre, Vacoas
Saturday 22 May 2010 from 7:45 PM
Synopsis
Geologist Sandy Edwards (Toni Collette), is assigned to baby sit Tachibana Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima), a visiting Japanese executive and show him round the red country of Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region, where some of the world’s largest deposits of iron ore are mined (and the oldest geological area in the world). She takes an instant dislike to the foreigner, and the cultural abyss between them seems to exaggerate the personal divide. When alone in the desert and in some danger, the two begin to discover things about each other and themselves.
Production Details
Director: Sue Brooks
Producer: Sue Maslin
Writer: Alison Tilson
Cast: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski, John Howard, Yukiko Tanaka, Kate Atkinson, Bill Young
Duration: 107 mins
Genre: Relationship drama
Selected Awards/Festival Screenings
Cannes Film Festival 2003, Toronto International Film, Telluride IFF, Chicago IFF, Pusan Int. Film Festival. 9 x Australian Film Institute awards, 5 x Aust Critics Awards, 4x Independent filmmakers.
Australian Film Festival 2010 proudly sponsored by:
• Screen Australia
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• The Ministry of Education, Culture & Human Resources
• Air Mauritius Ltd
• Four Points By Sheraton
• Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
• L’Express Samedi
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