Oh Lucy!
Oh Lucy! · dir. Atsuko Hirayanagi
Japan, USA 2017, 95’ · Polish premiere
26 October, 15:00 · Cinema City – room 8
Setsuko is seemingly stuck with her life in Tokyo until she is convinced by her niece, Mika, to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American persona named ‘Lucy.’ The new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly falls for her American instructor, John. When John suddenly disappears from class and Setsuko learns he and Mika were in fact dating, she enlists the help of her sister, Ayako and flies halfway across the world to the outskirts of Southern California in search of the runaway couple…
| Director: | Atsuko Hirayanagi |
| Screenplay: | Atsuko Hirayanagi, Boris Frumin |
| Cinematography: | Paula Huidobro |
| Editing: | Kate Hickey |
| Cast: | Shinobu Terajima, Josh Harnett, Kaho Minami, Kôji Yakusho, Shioli Kutsana |
| Producers: | Jessica Elbaum, Atsuko Hirayanagi, Yukie Kito, Han West |
| Production: | Matchgirl Pictures, Gloria Sanchez Productions, Meridian Content |
| Awards: | MFF w Cannes / Cannes FF – Nominacje: Grand Prix Tygodnia Krytyków, Złota Kamera / Nominations: Critics' Week Grand Prize, Golden Camera (2017) |
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