Coming to theatres today, Friday, September 21:
95 AND 6 TO GO
Director:
Kimi Takesue
Premiere:
Doclisboa 2016
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, CPH:DOX, RIDM, BAFICI, FIDM, Open City, DOK Leipzig, Indie Memphis, San Diego Asian, Hawai’i, CAAMFest, LA Asian Pacific, Sarasota, Krakow
About:
A creative portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
In this affectionate portrait, filmmaker Kimi Takesue finds an unlikely collaborator while visiting her grandfather Tom in Hawai’i. A recent widower in his 90s, Tom seems content to go about his daily routines until he shows surprising interest in his granddaughter’s screenplay. In alternately funny and poignant discussions, Kimi’s fictional love story – and Tom’s creative revisions – soon serve as a vehicle for his past memories of love and loss to surface.
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