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Renoir

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Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world....
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Critics Consensus

A restrained meditation on grief, Renoir gradually accumulates a big emotional wallop thanks in large part to Yui Susuzki's guileless performance.

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express Jul 31
Hayakawa wins the day by casting the amazing Yui Suzuki as Fuki. She has just the perfect mix of the idiosyncratic and imaginative, innocent and vulnerable to make the inner struggles of the character strongly resonant. Go to Full Review Justin Chang The New Yorker Jun 2
What distinguishes Hayakawa's approach is a principled refusal of the obvious; she doesn't strain to make Fuki relatable, or diagnose her, or problematize her occasional flights of fantasy. Go to Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out May 21
4/5
It’s as interesting for what it doesn’t show as for what it does. This is a story of terminal illness, but it exists in and around the main events rather than depicting them head-on. It’s a tender, loose and slightly whimsical tale. Go to Full Review Carlota Mosegui Cinemanía (Spain) 3d
3.5/5
An unconventional existentialist children's drama. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo 3d
3/5
A Beautiful film which teach us how to live the present. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography Dec 3
With Renoir, Chie Hayakawa delivers an incredible moving experience that succeeds in exploring the difficulty for the subject to deal with death and the loss it introduces. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Russell J. T @Mnbear3 2d My biggest and probably only gripe with this movie is titling it "Renoir " when in fact the only Renoir reference in this movie is a small framed portrait of Renoir that hangs in the young girl’s room. It’s quite a misleading title as it stands…. (I should explain that the local theater did not use the tile you see here with the young girl’s face …. Instead they used an impressionist wash background of blues and greens w simply " Renoir" on it….. So we thought we were going to a film about Renoir!! Took a bit of adjusting to settle into a different mindset but we did. Lesson learned: Read summaries/ reviews before booking! :) See more Read all reviews
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Chie Hayakawa

Director

Yui Suzuki

Fuki Okita

Hikari Ishida

Utako Okita

Ayumu Nakajima

Toru Omaezaki

Yumi Kawai

Kuriko Kita

Ryota Bando

Kaoru Hamano
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Synopsis Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world....
Director
Chie Hayakawa
Producer
Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray
Screenwriter
Chie Hayakawa
Production Co
Loaded Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 2m