Yasashisa 優しさ, kindness. With this word the actress Sawako Agawa — who plays the role of Nakamura Taeko in the film — defines the sweet and at times bitter film by Matsunaga Daishi, one of the most awaited films of the twenty-fifth edition of the FEFF.

The belief in reincarnation is widespread in Southeast Asia but less so in the Western world. As a result, Phases of the Moon, a multi-layered drama by Hiroki Ryuichi where reincarnation is the main theme, might face challenges in overcoming certain cultural and religious barriers.

For the eighth film, the musical comedy Techno Brothers, Watanabe finally leaves Otawara venturing on a wider road – or rather the highway to Tokyo, where the title group, formed by Watanabe, his brother Watanabe Yuji and his friend Kurosaki Takanori, goes in search of fame and success.

Based on an original screenplay by Koyama Kundo, who also has an Oscar-winning film to his credit such as Departures, the story of Yudo reserves us the pleasure of visually lingering on the movie’s sento, a pearl of the architecture of the public baths of the era Showa (1926-1989).

Ladies and gentlemen: the Cannes Film Festival. Need we say more?

A great cultural event and one of the most important dates for the international film industry.

The leading Italian Festival on Central-Eastern European Cinema.