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“Suzaku” (Moe No Suzaku) by Naomi Kawase (Japan, 1997)

Moe No Suzaku

A look both anthropological and sensitive on the disappearance of traditional life in the Japanese mountains – The dialogues are sparse, but the leitmotifs guide us. Solid camera work

Cast: Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi
Director: Naomi Kawase
Writer: Naomi Kawase
Music by Masamichi Shigeno
Cinematography by Masaki Tamura
Film Editing by Shûichi Kakesu

“Being 17” (André Téchiné, France 2016)

Being 17

“The moving qualities in this film are mostly a coming-out thing, so perhaps straight people won’t relate, but there are glimmers here (and in our times) of that narrative holding enough substance to speak to universal truths.” -[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4331970/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1]

Cast: Kacey Mottet Klein, Sandrine Kiberlain, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret, Jean Fornerod
Director: André Téchiné
Writer: Céline Sciamma, André Téchiné
Cinematographer: Julien Hirsch
Editor: Albertine Lastera
Composer: Alexis Rault