2023 film
Sidonie in Japan Directed by Élise Girard Screenplay by Maud AmelineSophie Fillières Élise Girard Produced by Sébastien Haguenauer Starring Isabelle Huppert Tsuyoshi Ihara Cinematography Céline Bozon Edited by Thomas Glaser Music by Gérard Massini Release date
Box office $1.4 million [ 1]
Sidonie in Japan (French : Sidonie au Japon ) is a 2023 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Élise Girard and starring Isabelle Huppert . It premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival .
Plot
Cast
Production
Girard drew inspiration for the film from her first trip to Japan that she made to promote her 2011 film Belleville-Tokyo .[ 2] The film is a co-production between France, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.[ 2] It is one of the last works of co-writer Sophie Fillières , who died two months before its premiere.[ 2]
Release
The film premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival , in the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) sidebar.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
It was released in French cinemas on 3 April 2024.[ 5] [ 6]
Reception
Isabelle Huppert and Élise Girard present the film at 41st International Film Festival in Munich, Germany on 30 June, 2024
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 40% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10.[ 7]
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