Moving - 4K Restoration - Official Trailer

Описание: Opens August 2nd at Film at Lincoln Center.

New 4K restoration of the beloved Shinji Somai classic, never before released in North America.

When her parents split and her father Kenichi moves out of their family home, Renko (Tomoko Tabata), a bright and energetic 6th grade girl, is left alone with her mother, Nazuna, in Kyoto. As Nazuna sets out new rules for their life together, Renko makes plans of her own, and sees to it that any changes happening in her family happen on her terms. Since its premiere at Cannes in Un Certain Regard in 1993, Moving has been one Shinji Somai’s most beloved films. In this poignant family drama, Somai transcends the tropes of stories of children dealing with divorce to bring us a film filled with indelible images about an unforgettable teenage girl who encounters the unknown and refuses to succumb to it.

Revered by the likes of Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Shinji Somai was a monumental figure of Japanese cinema in the 1980s and beyond, whose body of work bridged the collapse of the studio system and the rise of a new generation of independent filmmakers. In a lively career tragically cut short (he completed 13 films before his untimely death in 2001, aged 53), Somai developed a singular way of working, characterized by his signature long-take style and the highly physical performances of his actors, who were usually young and unknown. Disrupting the usual flow of narrative, Somai’s camera ventured out into space to match the volatility of his performers, provoking them along in a dance at once precisely designed and wholly off-the-cuff. Five of Somai’s works, including Typhoon Club and Moving, are ranked among Kinema Junpo’s greatest Japanese films of all time.