Underplayed Gems

ファザーレス 父なき時代 (1997)

ファザーレス 父なき時代 poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Japan
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How it feels

A Japanese student documentary about the filmmaker's father and the experience of growing up without him. It was made as a graduation project and later shown at a film festival in Florence where audience applause led to a special student award.

observationalintimateunderstatedreflectiveloosely pacedpersonalearnestquietly moving

What happens

『ファザーレス 父なき時代』(英: Father Less)は、1997年に製作された日本のドキュメンタリー映画。茂野良弥監督の日本映画学校での卒業制作作品。 1997年イタリアのフィレンツェで行われたニューヨーク大学の主催による国際映画祭に出品。参考作品としてコンペティション外で上映されたにもかかわらず、上映終了時に観客が立ち上がって拍手したうえ、諸外国の学生たちからこの作品を賞の対象とすべきだという署名運動が自発的に起こり、その結果「スチューデント・チョイス」という賞が臨時に作られて受賞するという異例の扱いを受けた。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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