Réalisation:
Urara MatsubayashiScénario:
Minami GotōPhotographie:
石井勲Musique:
Yūji WatanabeActeurs·trices:
Mayu Yamaguchi, Asuka Kawatoko, 北村優衣, Yuzumi Shintani, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Iana Bernardez, ステファニー・アリアン, Urara Matsubayashi, Nanami Hidaka (plus)Résumés(1)
In the wake of a sexual assault, young actress Noel goes to Blue Imagine, a refuge for people who have experienced violence. With the help of her fellow residents, she is able to reclaim some of her confidence, and decides to confront her abuser. In her directorial debut, actress Matsubayashi Urara takes bold and considered aim at the permeating sexual violence of the Japanese film industry. Blue Imagine skilfully addresses some of the many mental and emotional nuances of the aftermath of abuse while employing a peculiar mixture of subtle, slightly dark humour. Matsubayashi is neither exploitative, nor trivial in her approach, and is ever cautious not to fall for the pitfalls of an easy ‘girl power’ narrative seen in many cinematic studies into the subject. With its eye fixed on support networks rather than vengeance, Blue Imagine offers an urgent and gutsy exploration, encouraging venues of kindness and camaraderie through subtle acts of re-appropriation – a gesture much needed these days, in the arena of film as everywhere. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Mayu Yamaguchi
Japon
Asuka Kawatoko
Japon
北村優衣
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Yuzumi Shintani
Japon
Yoshihiko Hosoda
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Boku no hacukoi o kimi ni sasagu (2009)
Jokokuhan (2015)
Detoroito Metaru Shiti (2008)
Iana Bernardez
Philippines
Urara Matsubayashi
Japon
Nanami Hidaka
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Riaru Onigokko (2015)
Yuta Hayashi
Japon
松浦祐也
Meilleurs films :
Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle (2021)
Sex mashin: Hiwai na kisetsu (2005)
Hacukoi (2006)
Shinsuke Katô
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle (2021)
A Man (2022)
Samurai Marathon (2019)
Makoto Shinada
Japon
武内おと
Japon
Shuna Iijima
Japon
渡辺紘文
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Pûrusaido man (2016)
Coco
Japon