Karakara (2012)
- Directed by
- Claude Gagnon
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rating
- 3.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Quebec professor takes a sabbatical in Okinawa after a friend's death. He begins a love affair with a local woman who is escaping her abusive husband.
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What happens
Karakara is a Canadian drama film, directed by Claude Gagnon and released in 2012. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Pierre, a professor from Quebec who is on sabbatical in Okinawa to reevaluate his life after the death of his friend, and is drawn into a love affair with Junko (Youki Kudoh), a local woman fleeing an abusive husband who offers to be his tour guide. The film's screenplay was partially inspired by Gagnon's own trip to Japan following the death of one of his closest friends. The film was shot in 2011, and premiered at the 2012 Montreal World Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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