Films
Anatomy of a Paper Clip
山守クリップ工場の辺り
Description
Gawkish Kogure (TOMOMATSU Sakae) passively allows himself to be cursed by the boss of the paperclip factory where he works as a paperclip bender. Without protest, he lets his clothes be stolen by fairly clumsy thieves. Kogure does not put up a fight about anything. One day, he finds a butterfly in his small flat and he allows the insect to fly to freedom. Another day he finds a trespassing woman speaking strangely (a gibberish invented by the makers) in his flat. He lets her stay, just like her father who turns up. In Kogure’s imagination, the woman is a transformation of the butterfly and he allows a series of things to happen because of it.
Film Festival Accolades
- Hivos Tiger Award, 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014
- 20th annual Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema, Vancouver International Film Festival 2013
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Schedule
Day | Time | Cinema | Format |
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15 Oct 2021, Friday | 8.00pm | Oldham Theatre | Physical Screening |
Details
Year: | 2013 |
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Runtime: | 99 mins |
Language: | Japanese |
Subtitle: | English |
Genre: | Drama |
Rating: |
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Directed by
IKEDA Akira
Starring
TOMOMATSU Sakae, KATO Kazutoshi, HARA Yukari, TAKAHASHI Toshiyuki