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VOICES IN THE WIND

Winner: Special Mention, Berlin International Film Festival

Based on the actual pilgrimage spot called the “wind phone”, a disconnected telephone booth in Iwate Prefecture where mourners go to speak with people they’ve lost.

Haru lost her family to the 2011 tsunami disaster and has been raised by her aunt in Hiroshima. Compelled by the weight of her sorrow she hitchhikes back to her old home and along the way encounters people who have endured tribulations of their own. At the end of her journey awaits the “wind phone.”

Emotionally raw and filmed in a semi-documentary style, it is a “gentle yet epic road movie with a haunting finale that was simultaneously devastating and uplifting.”

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Screening Partner:

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Torja Toronto+Japan
Director
Nobuhiro Suwa
Starring
Serena Motola, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura
Premiere
Canadian Premiere
Date
Runtime
139 min

Admission

All films available on Demand from Oct 3 to Oct 22, 2020.

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