Exclusive: Cine France International, the global sales arm of Paris-based Cine France Studios, begins selling Naomi Kawase Yakshma’s llussion Vicky Krieps will be appearing at the Locarno Film Festival, and will be shown for the first time in the competition. Ad Vitam will release a film in France.
CRYPS PLAYS A French coordinator of pediatric heart transplants sent to Japan, she fights to save the lives of her young children just as the man she loves suddenly disappears.
Cinefrance Studios produced the film alongside Kawase for co-producers of Kumie Inc. in Japan. Tarantula in Belgium, Viktoria Productions in Luxembourg, Pio & Co in France, Prod Lab and Marignan Films.
The film was filmed in Japan for eight weeks in a few days in Paris, with the famous Yakushima Island and the native Nura of Kawaze, a number of days in Yakushima Island. The rising Japanese actor Kanji also stars.
Kawaze said in Japan that “more than 80,000 people (people) disappear each year, with few organ donors. Through the eyes of foreign medical professionals, this story weaves time and space to reveal post-pandemic changes in human connections and Japan’s lasting views on life and death passed on to future generations.”
Yakshma’s llussion This is Kawaze’s first feature since the adoption drama in 2020 True mother, I played in the competition at Cannes. She also directed the official film for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Kawase was the youngest winner of Cannes camera door for its debut feature in 1997 Suzaku Before premiering some films in the competition at the festival, Shara, Forest of mourning, Hanezu and Still water.
Other projects by Krieps include Jim Jarmusch’s Venice Premiere Brothers of father’s mother’s brother, Marie Kreutzers Kind monster, Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert’s fool, And Ryan Murphy Monster For Netflix.
Founded in 2018 by David Gauquié and Julien deris, Cinefrance Studios is also behind Hamaguchi suddenly Virgy Ephila, currently filmed in Paris, will be starring Celine Sallett’s Niki It premiered at Cannes in 2024.
“We’ve seen a lot of effort and we’ve seen it,” said Renan Artukmaç, producer and head of sales at Cinefrance.Yakshma’s llussion It is a deeply moving and powerful film that introduces Naomi Kawaze’s distinctive sensibility and visual elegance, set in the breathtaking backgrounds of Japan’s Yakushima Island and Nara. ”
Gregory Gajos, head of acquisition and production of Ad Vitam, added: “The way the director weaves Japanese and Western cultures in her storytelling is really powerful. This film is one of the most emotional and impactful works we have had the opportunity to deal with in recent years.”
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