Synopsis
In contemporary Tokyo, Yoko immerses herself into the life and work of a Taiwanese musician. Pregnant by a man she doesn’t wish to marry, she roams the city in search of a café the musician used to attend. To honor Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu’s centenary, Hou Hsiao-hsien pays homage to him with this film, produced by the Japanese studio Shochiku. Brimming with references to Ozu’s classic “Tokyo Story”, the film immerses us in a cityscape captured in a manner reminiscent of bygone eras. (G.B.)
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Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Born in 1947, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien stands as one of the leading voices of what became known as "Taiwan New Cinema", a movement that took the international film scene by storm in the 1980s. Among his contemporaries from that period, he boasts the longest and most distinguished career, with all of his films since the late 1980s being featured at major festivals worldwide. Over the course of his impressive artistic journey, he has directed 18 feature films, cementing his legacy as one of the most influential filmmakers of the past 40 years.
Sunday 17:30 
