The Night I Swam

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The Night I Swam (aka Takara - La nuit où j'ai nagé) is a 2017 French Japanese co production drama movie directed by and Damien Manivel. The film was featured at a number of International Film Festivals during its release, including the Febiofest film festival in Prague 2018,[1] the Sofia Film Festival [2] and the BUFF film Festival [3]

Production[]

The film was shot in location in Aomiori, Japan, as a French Japanese co production. Run time is 98 minutes.Screenplay by Damien Manivel, Kohei Igarashi. The film had no actual dialogue, just the sounds of the actions of the main character.

Plot[]

The film is told in three chapters. The first chapter, “The Drawing” A 6 year old boy (Takara Kogawa) is woken every night by his fisherman father, who goes to work.

A 6 year old boy is woken every night by his fisherman father. Not sleeping well, he wakes up drowsy, no one else is awake, so he plays in the house, and does a drawing of a fish which he is very happy with. He he puts in his bag. HIs mother dresses him, and he goes off by himself to school.

He goes off the normal path to school, and loses his glove. However, he then hops on a train, hoping to see his father at his work, as he wants to show him the drawing if the fish, of which he is very proud.

He gets off the train once in the city, and is tired, so sleeps in a car he hops hinto. He wanders around the city, and eventually gets to his fathers workplace at the fishmarket, but by the time he is there, it is deserted.He takes shelter in a car again and then tries to make his way home.[4]

Festivals and awards[]

The film featured at a number of festivals including:

  • Venice Film Festival in 2017.
  • Febiofest Film Festival in Prague, 2018. [1]
  • The Sofia Film Festival[2]
  • BUFF Film Festival [3]
  • The San Sebastien Film Festival
  • The Sao Paolo Film Festival 2017
  • Buenos Aires International film Festival of Independent cinema 2018. [5]

The film was nominated for a number of awards, winning one:

  • Ghent International Film Festival 2017 - Nominated Best Film
  • IBAFF International Film Festival 2018 - Nominated Best Feature Film
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival 2017 - nominated Zabaltegi prize.
  • Tokyo FILMeX 2017 - Winner Student prize, nominated Grand Prize.
  • Venice Film Festival 2017 - Nominated Venice Horizons award

Cast[]

  • Takara Kogawa as Little Boy
  • Keiki Kogawa as sister
  • Takashi Kogawa as Father
  • Chisato Kogawa as Mother

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Febiofest, Prague International Film Festival-. "The Night I Swam". Prague International Film Festival - Febiofest. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. ^ a b THE NIGHT I SWAM, retrieved 2021-09-20
  3. ^ a b Buff. "The Night I Swam". BUFF Malmö. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. ^ "The Night I Swam: A little boy and a great journey". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  5. ^ The Night I Swam, retrieved 2022-01-29
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