Greetings from Fukushima

Drama, Germany 2016

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The young German Marie (Rosalie Thomass) is one who goes out to learn to fear. Fleeing her shattered life dreams and the loss of the love of her life, she travels to Fukushima Prefecture for the organization Clowns4Help. Together with the clown Moshe (Moshe Cohen), she wants to bring a little joy to the surviving victims of the 2011 triple disaster, who years later are still living in shelters. Making heavy things lighter. A task for which Marie, she soon has to admit to herself, is not at all suited. But before she runs away again, Marie decides to stay with, of all people, stubborn old Satomi (Kaori Momoi), Fukushima's last geisha, who wants to move back into her destroyed house in the exclusion zone on her own. Two women who could not be more different, but who are both - each in her own way - trapped in the past and must learn to free themselves from their feelings of guilt and the burden of their memories.
104 min
HD
FSK 12
Audio language:
German
Subtitles:
EnglishGerman

Awards

Bavarian Film Award 2016 Best Actress (Rosalie Thomass)
Berlinale 2016: Heiner Carow Award of the DEFA Foundation

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Director:

Doris Dörrie

Cast:

Rosalie Thomass (Marie)

Kaori Momoi (Satomi)

Nami Kamata (Nami)

Aya Irizuki (Toshiko)

Kurumi Aizawa (Geisha)

Original title:

Grüße aus Fukushima

Format:

16:9 HD, B/W

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German

Audio description:

German

Subtitles:

EnglishGerman