Firefly (2000)
- Original title
- 火垂
- Directed by
- Naomi Kawase
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman returns to her rural hometown to care for her aging grandmother. The film shows daily life in the countryside and the quiet pull between old traditions and new ways of living.
contemplativegentlemeditativeearthymelancholicintimateslow-pacedobservational
What happens
Firefly (Japanese: 組画, Hepburn: Hotaru) is a 2000 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was her second drama feature after her 1997 debut drama feature Suzaku and won the FIPREPSCI Prize at its 2000 debut at Locarno for its "personal and universal approach towards the conflict between tradition and modernity". Like Suzaku, the film explores life in rural Japan and draws on Kawase's background as a documentary filmmaker. Together, these two films established Kawase as one of Japan's key contemporary female directors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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