Koji FUKADA 深田晃司

Au revoir l'eté

ほとりの朔子

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Sakuko should be learning for her university admission exams, but decides to accompany her aunt to a rural town by the sea. The characters she meets there all have to fight their own, more or less grave problems. This film proves that bittersweet summer comedies in the vein of Eric Rohmer can be flawlessly transplanted to Japanese shores.

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ほとりの朔子
Hotori no Sakuko

Japan, USA 2013

126 minutes

Director
Koji FUKADA

Script
Koji FUKADA

Cinematography
Kenichi NEGISHI

Music
Jo Keita

About Koji FUKADA
深田晃司

Koji FUKADA, born in Tokyo in 1980, studied literature at Taisho University and film at the Film School of Tokyo. He made his feature film debut with THE CHAIR in 2004. One year later, he joined the theater group Seinendan. His films HOSPITALITÉ (2010) and AU REVOIR L’ÉTÉ (2013 / NC ’14) were successfully screened at various international film festivals and have won numerous awards. HARMONIUM (2016 / NC ’17) received the Jury Award at Un Certain Regard in Cannes. In 2018, he was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France.