NORIE

By Yuki KAWAMURA

LES FILMS FAUVES - as PROD

Biography - Completed 2020

Yuki Kawamura embarks on a roadtrip with his father to Sapporo, Japan, to talk to the people who knew Norie, Yuki’s mother, who died when he was only three years old.

Festivals
& Awards

Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019
Japan New
Visions du Réel Film Festival 2019
International Feature Film Competition Section - World Premiere
Sheffield Doc | Fest 2019
Official Selection
Docpoint – Helsinki documentary Film Festival 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Biography, Documentary
    • Countries
    • LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 81 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Yuki KAWAMURA
    • Producer(s)
    • Gilles CHANIAL (LES FILMS FAUVES), Yuki KAWAMURA
    • Synopsis
    • After he receives an unexpected letter from an old friend of his mother, Yuki Kawamura flies back to Japan with his camera, and takes his father on a roadtrip to meet all the people who knew Norie, Yuki ‘s mother, who died when he was only three years old, thus drawing a portrait of his long lost mother, and the woman his father once loved. Through this journey we discover how the memories a son never had, and the memories his father wishes he could forget, come to light for the very first time, drawing a subtle and powerful portrait of the woman they both lost.