A young woman returns to her birthplace for an ex-classmate's funeral. She and a friend lose themselves in melancholy. The director is Malaysian which may explain the attention paid to the Japanese aspects of the place and the atmosphere. Nonetheless, it is a film with a universal message about loss.
A 'Programmer Note' written by IFFR programmer Gertjan Zuilhof about Sugino Kiki, producer of and actrice in Exhalation, can be found at the film page of Hospitalité on this website.
- Director
- Edmund Yeo
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Countries of production
- Japan, Malaysia
- Year
- 2010
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- HDcam
- Original title
- Sakerareru koto
- Language
- Japanese
- Producers
- Itagaki Maiko, Kiki Sugino
- Production Companies
- Kohei Ando Laboratory, Wa Entertainment Inc.
- Sales
- Edmund Yeo
- Screenplay
- Edmund Yeo
- Editor
- Edmund Yeo
- Website
- http://www.swiftywriting.blogspot.com