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Okurimono

Laurence Lévesque

  • 2024
  • Documentary
  • 96 min
  • Digital
  • Scope 1.85:1
  • Color

Noriko, a Japanese-Canadian woman who has been living in Montreal for more than 20 years, is about to return to Nagasaki, her hometown. She has to go back to help her brothers and sisters clear out their childhood home, which will soon be sold. Within the walls of this old house lie the fragments of the family’s history. What remains of memories when families’ secrets are locked away and end up casting a shadow over the collective recollections? Noriko decides to reconstruct the past of her mother Mitsuko, a survivor of the atomic bomb, in the hope of passing down her cultural heritage to her children and healing the dark reminiscences of the tragic past. But her quest promises to be arduous. Mitsuko, who passed away 30 years ago, has never shared her story. Through her findings, Noriko meets various allies who will help her uncover her mother’s past and unveil unknown details about this era of her native Japan.

Credits

Director 
Laurence Lévesque
Producers 
Rosaline Chicoine Perreault et Catherine Boily
Executive Producer 
Sylvain Corbeil
Cinematographer 
Sébastien Blais
Editor 
Marie-Pier Grignon
Sound recordist 
Camille Demers-Lambert
Mix 
Olivier Germain
Sound designer 
Marie-Pierre Grenier
Original score 
Wilhelm Brandl
 

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