“You’re too naive.” Those words are used to silence more than one person in this corny and melancholy satire on the Japanese film industry. There, sex in exchange for a leading role and colleagues who steal your film plan are a matter of course: that’s how this world works, loser.
Tetsuo is a drip of a filmmaker who, since he scored a modest indie hit in his youth, has never made anything of any significance. Yet he doesn’t give up his dream. And why should he? His ‘Cinema Club’, a murky production company for no-budget film projects, makes it possible for him to exploit a steady flow of ambitious boys and girls and get all of them into his bed. The arrival of two newcomers – a talented scriptwriter and an inexperienced yet promising actress – suddenly offers him a chance to reawaken his film career. But who is going to help him with that?
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 110'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
