Acclaimed filmmaker and author Doris Dörrie (
Men, Cherry Blossoms, Fukushima, Mon Amour) is on a New England College tour from
February 25 – March 3. She will be visiting Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Tufts University and Wellesley College. A public screening of
Fukushima, Mon Amour takes place on
Wednesday, February 28, at 7:00 pm at Wassermann Cinematheque, Brandeis University. A conversation with Dories Dörrie is following the screening.
March 9th, 2018 marks the seventh anniversary of the world’s second worst nuclear disaster in Fukushima, where a nuclear plant was crippled by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. Having traveled all over Japan some 25 times, Dörrie is fascinated by Japanese aesthetics, social dynamics and culture and has set other films in Japan. She travelled to the Fukushima only six months after the catastrophe and then returned five years later to shoot
Fukushima, Mon Amour right in the middle of Fukushima’s Exclusion Zone.
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Fukushima Mon Amour
Marie, a young woman from Germany, travels to Fukushima shortly after the earthquake and tsunami and the resulting nuclear meltdown to escape her own heartbreak. She joins the organization “Clowns4Help” to cheer up the elderly refugees living in makeshift pre-fabricated housing – the young have already left for the cities While attempting to bring a little joy into people's lives with a humorous stage routine, Marie realizes that her comic talents are actually quite limited. But instead of returning home, she seeks the company of aging Geisha Satomi, who is determined to return to her devastated home in the restricted fallout zone. Slowly getting to know each other, the two women eventually learn that they share similar fears and worries.
Germany 2016
Director: Doris Doerrie
DCP, 104 min
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