Cottontail
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In this prize-winning and wistful road trip drama, a Japanese widower travels to England with his estranged son to scatter the ashes of his Beatrix Potter-obsessed wife.
Lily Franky (Shoplifters, SFF 2018) delivers a heartfelt performance as Kenzaburo, a man struggling with the death of his wife, Akiko. Lost in his grief and memories, Kenzaburo ignores his son Toshi’s attempts to connect. But Akiko had a dying wish: for her ashes to be scattered across Lake Windermere, based on a rosy childhood memory of chasing a Peter Rabbit-esque cottontail. Father and son embark on a cross-cultural journey, taking us from the noise of Tokyo to the vast English countryside. Winner of Best First Film in Rome, director Patrick Dickinson demonstrates a deft hand in this gentle tale of unspoken regret. Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) also stars.
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- Program Strand
- Features
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- UK, Japan
- Language
- In English and Japanese with English subtitles
- Director
- Patrick Dickinson
- Producer
- Kosuke Oshida, Hélène Théodoly, Gabrielle Tana, Carolyn Marks Blackwood
- Cast
- Tae Kimura, Ryô Nishikido, Lily Franky
- Screenwriter
- Patrick Dickinson
- Cinematographer
- Mark Wolf
- Editor
- Andy Jadavji
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Festival Award Winners, Asia, Family, Seniors
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Kismet Movies
