People Still Call It Love
Passion, Affection and Destruction in Japanese Cinema
2 February to 28 March 2019
Belfast
Bristol
Chester
Colchester
Derby
Dundee
Edinburgh
Exeter
Halifax
Inverness
Kendal
Leicester
Lewes
London
London (Soho)
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottingham
Sheffield
Stirling



Dear Etranger
(Osanago warera ni umare, 幼な子われらに生まれ)
UK Premiere
Makoto (Tadanobu Asano) is a career-driven, middle-aged patriarch of a patchwork family. Married to his second wife and unable to establish a connection with his rebellious elder step-daughter, he struggles to make time for his new family while trying to remain on good terms with his daughter from the previous marriage. Keeping all the plates spinning proves to be a herculean task as he is beset with blows in increasing frequency; soon, even his lucrative job is in jeopardy. As current wife Nanae (Rena Tanaka) announces she’s carrying his child, the story delves deeper into considerations of complicated family units and the consequences of divorce and remarriage.
A Stitch of Life director, Yukiko Mishima, trifles with Japanese family drama conventions, taking fresh and unexpected trajectories in her adaptation of Kiyoshi Shigematsu’s 1996 novel. Winner of the Special Grand Prix of the Jury Award at the 2017 Montreal World Film Festival.
直木賞作家、重松清の同名小説を映画化。再婚した妻、奈苗の連れ子とうまくいかず、息苦しい毎日を送るサラリーマンの信は、ある日、奈苗に妊娠を告げられ……。寺島しのぶや宮藤官九郎など達者な脇役陣も加わり、リアルなドキュメンタリー風に描かれた、ある家族のドラマ。(Japanese synopsis by Eikoku News Digest)
2017/127 min/English Subtitles
The director, Yukiko Mishima, will attend select screenings of the film and take part in Q&A sessions at the following venues:
Filmhouse, Edinburgh: Sunday, 24 March
Broadway, Nottingham: Tuesday, 26 March
Exeter Phoenix: Wednesday, 27 March
Director: Yukiko Mishima
Cast: Rena Tanaka, Tadanobu Asano, Miu Arai
©2016 “DEAR ETRANGER” Film Partners
Showing at:
Storyhouse
3 February 2019
Showroom Cinema
3 February 2019
ICA
6 February 2019
Depot
18 February 2019
HOME
27 February 2019
Square Chapel
13 March 2019
Firstsite
16 March 2019
Filmhouse
24 March 2019
Tyneside
25 March 2019
Broadway
26 March 2019
Exeter Phoenix
27 March 2019
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Thicker Than Water
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
Tremble All You Want
Dear Etranger
Yurigokoro
Dad's Lunch Box
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Blindly In Love
The Scythian Lamb
Born Bone Born
Tonight, at the Movies
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Good Stripes
Three Stories of Love
Penguin Highway
Of Love & Law