Kore-Eda Catchup
Inspired by the availability of his 2009 film Air Doll in the United States for the first time, the Dryden Theatre is offering you a chance to catch up on films from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda that have never screened in Rochester before. Best-known for his 2018 Palme d’Or-winning film Shoplifters, Kore-eda has been making films for over thirty years, but has truly risen to international attention over the last decade with films like After Life, I Wish, and The Third Murder, which have all screened at the Dryden. With the US premiere of Air Doll, most of Kore-eda’s oeuvre is now available to our audience and we’ll be bringing you premieres of five of his films in March and April. In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, Kore-eda works in a humanist style, exploring the inner lives of average people in extraordinary situations.
Like Father, Like Son is a story about two families who discover their sons were switched at birth. Our Little Sister follows the story of an orphaned teenage girl as she tries to integrate into the life of her three older half-sisters. In After the Storm, a divorced man struggles to find his place within the existing family structure while maintaining a relationship with his son. The near-future fantasy Air Doll mirrors Pinocchio by examining what happens when a blow-up doll comes alive and attempts to make a life for herself. Kore-eda’s first non-Japanese film, The Truth, stars Catherine Denuve, Juliette Binoche, and Ethan Hawke. Binoche is the daughter of actress Deneuve, who has just released her memoir, to the consternation of Binoche and her husband, Hawke.
March 31: Air Doll (2009)
April 1: Like Father, Like Son (2013)
April 8: Our Little Sister (2015)
April 15: After the Storm (2016)
April 22: Air Doll (2009)
April 29: The Truth (2019)
Events in this Series
The Truth
Kore-eda Catchup | Rochester Premiere Legends of French cinema Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche join masterful filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters, Still Walking) to paint a moving portrait of family dynamics. Fabienne (Deneuve) is an aging French movie star who, despite her momentary lapses in memory, remains a venerable force to be reckoned with.
After the Storm
Kore-eda Catchup | Rochester Premiere Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support.
Our Little Sister
Kore-eda Catchup | Rochester Premiere Adapted from Yoshida Akimi’s best-selling graphic novel, three twenty-something sisters live together in a large old house in the seaside town of Kamakura.
Like Father, Like Son
Kore-eda Catchup | Rochester Premiere Would you choose your natural child, or the one you believed was your own during six years together? Hirokazu Kore-eda, the acclaimed director of Nobody Knows and Still Walking, returns with another incredibly touching family drama, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.