LE POINT ROUGE

Sunday, March 6th, 19:00, Cinémathèque Québécoise
Marie MIYAYAMA, Germany/Japan, 2008, 85min, German and Japanese with French subtitles

Synopsis
Aki a 21-year-old Japanese university student is a young woman haunted by her past. 18 years previously while on a vacation in the Bavarian countryside her mother, father and infant brother died in a tragic car accident. All she has to remember her late family is a box of keepsakes and a map of Bavaria marked with a red spot where the accident occurred. Against her aunt and uncle's wishes Aki journeys to Germany to find the place where her young life changed forever. There the Weber family takes her in and their rebellious son Elias. An attraction immediately ignites between Aki and Elias, but Elias' father Johannes isn't sure what this Japanese girl's arrival will mean for his family.

Bio
Marie Miyayama was born in Tokyo in 1972. She studied Film Science and Creative Writing at Waseda University. In 1995 she moved to Germany, where, after studying Dramatology at Ludwig Maximillian University Munich, she studied Film Directing at University of Television and Film Munich: "The Red Spot" is her graduation project and her debut feature. She directed lots of short films and documentaries. Intercultural themes are central to her work.

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