It is short (87 minutes very well used), it is a masterpiece and you will soon be able to see it on the big screen. Millennium Actress, one of the most beautiful and original films of Satoshi Kon, this opens 26 of February in theaters, presenting a new version in 4K format. You can watch the trailer here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOnq8axc3p8
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Second feature film by a Kon already acclaimed for his tremendous Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress It is an unclassifiable work that draws on sources such as romantic melodrama, cinema within cinema, fantasy and comedy.
But, above all, it is the film with which the director of Paprika Y Tokyo Godfathers He directed a love letter to the cinema of his country, to his great teachers such as Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa, and to the women who worked with them without obtaining due recognition many times.
The protagonist, Chiyoko Fujiwara, is an actress who retired young and at the height of her fame, and who now agrees to talk about her career for a documentary. Inspired by the legendary Setsuko Hara, Ozu’s fetish actress, Chiyoko is also a lucid and kind person … whose memories end up revealing a story as tragic as it is strangely full of love for life. And to celluloid.
With its nods to classic movies, beautifully interspersed in the plot, Millennium Actress It works like a Japanese film crash course. But his interest goes beyond the academic, because he will make you get up from your chair with a heavy heart and a smile on your lips. Few movies like this can remind us so powerfully that when you search for yourself, the path is more important than the goal.
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