Summer Lights
MovieTitle | Lumières d'été – なつのひかり |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Sep 20, 2016 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Jean-Gabriel Périot |
Production country | Japan, France |
Production companies | Local Films |
Run time | 83 min. |
On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Akihiro, a native Japanese filmmaker living in Paris, travels to Japan to interview survivors for a documentary commemorating the victims of the attack. Deeply moved by the interviews, he decides to take a break to wander through the city during which he meets Michiko, a merry, enigmatic young woman. Michiko takes him for a joyful and improvised journey from the city towards the sea where the horrors of the past are mingled with the simplicity of the present.