A volta ao mundo quando tinhas 30 anos

  • 110'
  • Portugal
  • 2018

The first thing you notice is the framing, with rounded corners and frayed edges. Evoking different eras, not quite as high-definition as today. More homely. This suits the trip back in time director Aya Koretzky takes with her father, Jiro. In 1970, aged 30, he left Yokohama for a year-long, round-the-world trip taking in the Soviet Union, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and the United States. Koretzky reconstructs the journey using old photographs, journal entries and memories.

Gradually it becomes clear how the trip shaped her father, much more than you might expect when you see him calmly gardening today. Barcelona’s architecture, poverty in Morocco, Tunisia’s chaos, the United States’ freedom: and much more that he saw, that impressed him and drastically shook up his take on the world. 

Winner Bright Future Award, IFFR 2019.

Director
Aya Koretzky
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Portugal
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
110'
Medium
DCP
International title
Around the World When You Were My Age
Language
Japanese
Producers
Joana Ferreira, Isabel Machado
Production Company
C.R.I.M.
Sales
C.R.I.M.
Screenplay
Aya Koretzky, Jiro Koretzky
Cinematography
Aya Koretzky
Editor
Tomás Baltazar
Director
Aya Koretzky
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Portugal
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
110'
Medium
DCP
International title
Around the World When You Were My Age
Language
Japanese
Producers
Joana Ferreira, Isabel Machado
Production Company
C.R.I.M.
Sales
C.R.I.M.
Screenplay
Aya Koretzky, Jiro Koretzky
Cinematography
Aya Koretzky
Editor
Tomás Baltazar