In your new film, a young german woman, on a quest to find out who she really is, travels to the fukushima disaster area. Between 1975 and 1978, she took a degree at the university of television and film munich, where she later taught. Resena a recuerdos desde fukushima por doris dorrie cine. Dorries men, cherry blossoms most recent excursion to japan is set in the seaside town of fukushima, triply devastated on march 11, 2011, by an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident. The story follows a young german woman named marie rosalie thomass who travels to fukushima with the. Mar 10, 2016 doris dorrie, geboren 1955 in hannover, feierte ihren internationalen durchbruch 1985 mit manner. She attended drama, acting, and film at university of the pacific in stockton, and the school for social research in new york 197375 after graduating from high school. With daily news, interviews, data bases, indepth investigations into the audiovisual industry, cineuropa aims at promoting the european film industry throughout the world.
A young german woman, marie, travels to japan to escape her broken dreams. Grusse aus fukushima film by doris dorrie ulrike haage. In her grief, the heartbroken girl joins the charity clowns 4help and travels to japan, where she wants to help the victims of the 2011 tsunami and the resulting nuclear meltdown. May 12, 2018 greetings from fukushima, a movie on the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit japan, was shot on location, with the director doris dorrie even carrying a geiger counter to. She joins the organization clowns4help who seek to spread a little cheer amongst the victims of the triple catastrophe in fukushima in 2011 who are still living in manshift stills.
This memorable and moving film will screen at our 21st berlin. Vor funf jahren loste ein erdbeben in japan eine nukleare katastrophe aus. For square artist, the director very popular in germany has chosen to paint an intimate portrait of butoh dancer tadashi endo. The office of sustainability at the university of notre dame focuses on conserving resources. When young marie loses her big love, she just wants to get far away. Doris dorrie will be in attendance to present her film at. Fukushima, a film on the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit japan, was shot on location, with the director doris dorrie. With rosalie thomass, kaori momoi, nami kamata, moshe cohen. A young german woman bonds with an elderly japanese woman while touring the fukushima region of japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.
Winner of the audience award runnerup at the 2016 berlin international film festival in germany. Fukushima, mon amour at german currents film festival. In 1973, she received her universityentrance diploma and moved to the usa for two years in order to study acting and film at the university of the pacific, stocktonca. Doris dorrie will be the guest of honour at this years event, kicking off on 10 april and featuring a retrospective on. Doris dorrie was born on may 26, 1955 in hannover, lower saxony, germany.
Greetings from fukushima is a 2016 german drama film directed by doris dorrie. Peter machen spoke to leading german filmmaker doris dorrie about her remarkable film fukushima, mon amour which screened at the durban international film festival as part of the german focus last week. The german director doris dorrie returns to japan for gru. She claims nonetheless that it is only now that she really knows the country. Greetings from fukushima follows marie as she attempts to help the victims of the fukushima disaster. She then studied at the new school of social research in new york. She is a writer and director, known for kirschbluten hanami 2008, men. At the introductory glance, seemingly ticking all the boxes for a typical modern art house film in terms of style pretending to be more than it actually is through simple tricks, which certainly isnt the case here as greetings from fukushima. Cineuropa is the first european portal dedicated to cinema and audiovisual in 4 languages. I am sorry for being so negative, but i really expected a little more originality from the acclaimed director doris dorrie.
Dec 03, 2017 this drama from directorscreenwriter doris dorrie was shot in black and white in the fukushima region of japan shortly after the triple disaster event that ravaged the nation in 2011. It has been selected to be shown in the panorama section at the 66th berlin international film festival. She worked odd jobs in cafes and as film presenter in new yorks goethe house. Greetings from fukushima 2016 directed by doris dorrie. Lighthearted, delicate, elegant, with highly skilled black and white photography, telling the story of two women from divers cultural backgrounds and how this helps them unite and chase away the ghosts that haunt them. Unexpectedly, yu begins to help karl confront his demons both literal and figurative and start to heal in this surreal, whimsical dramedy.
Doris dorrie returned to japan for her new film greetings from fukushima, shooting just a few kilometers from the. Doris dorrie vertieft ihre nippon connection mit einer sensibel beobachteten. The german filmmaker tells dw about the location, losses and new beginnings. Sep 27, 2016 fukushima, mon amour screens on september 30 and october 10 in hong kong, and october 9 in macau, as part of the kino16 film festival. Rosalie thomass, kaori momoi, moshe cohen nami kamata.
Oct 07, 2019 unexpectedly, yu begins to help karl confront his demons both literal and figurative and start to heal in this surreal, whimsical dramedy. Fukushima, mon amour doris doerrie s twohander offers a refreshingly quirky perspective on a heavy subject. While attempting to bring a little joy into peoples lives with a humorous stage routine, marie has to realize that her comic talents are. Shot entirely in japan, the film is a poetic, universal tale about life and letting go from acclaimed writerdirector doris dorrie cherry blossoms, enlightenment guaranteed, men. Dorrie s men, cherry blossoms most recent excursion to japan is set in the seaside town of fukushima, triply devastated on march 11, 2011, by an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident. Goethe film week 615 november 2016 sun, 06 nov 7 pm fukushima, mon amour germany 2016 108 min feature film directed by doris dorrie fukushima region of japan, in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake. The french theatrical poster of doris dorries fukushima, mon amour gru. Film verbindet er zeitgenossische originalaufnahmen des. Wie in dorrie s fruheren filmen erscheint auch in gru. It has been selected to be shown in the panorama section at the 66th berlin. In conversation with doris dorrie by peter machen via screen. Beyond obvious allusion to alain resnais film, german director doris dorries poetic drama, shot on location, about two women bonding in. Celebrated german filmmaker doris dorrie who won the audience award at mvff 2016 for greetings from fukushima continues to explore the process of reckoning with our spirits across different cultures.
Dorrie is a member of the pen centre germany and the german film academy. Doris dorrie returned to japan for her new film greetings from fukushima, shooting just a few kilometers from the nuclear reactor. Fukushima, mon amour is an absolute work of art, it is poetic and reminds us impressively that life is as unique as a dream. Fukushima, mon amour is the latest film by doris dorrie, released in march in german cinemas. One of germanys leading filmmakers, doris dorrie has made several films set in japan. Young marie from germany bonds with elderly geisha satomi while traveling the fukushima region of japan in. The german filmmaker tells dw about the location, losses and.
Fukushima, mon amour is shot through with the shadow of. Peter machen in conversation with filmmaker doris dorrie. Lapres fukushima ne pouvait pas etre ecrit en couleur. She was a member of the jury for the 2019 prize of the national gallery.
Its unsurprising, then, that i was apprehensive about seeing fukushima mon amour by doris dorrie cherry blossoms, am i beautiful. The same year, she began a twoyear attendance in film studies in the drama department of the university of the pacific in stockton, california. Grusse aus fukushima filmgesprach mit doris dorrie youtube. Fukushima nuclear disaster from a foreign perspective. This drama from directorscreenwriter doris dorrie was shot in black and white in the fukushima region of japan shortly after the triple disaster event that ravaged the nation in 2011. Fukushima mon amour events office of sustainability. Erleuchtung garantiert enlightenment guaranteed and kirschbluten hanami cherry blossoms hanami. Born in hanover, dorrie completed her secondary education there in 1973. Doris dorrie has already made two other films in japan with considerable success. Fukushima, mon amour screens on september 30 and october 10 in hong kong, and october 9 in macau, as part of the kino16 film festival. Doris doerries twohander offers a refreshingly quirky perspective on a heavy subject.
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