Spirit World

Elderly Tokyo man Yuzo (Masaaki Sakai) is listening to his favourite French chanteuse, Claire (Deneuve), when he abruptly passes away. In an ironic twist, his idol soon after joins him in death when she dies after a sold-out farewell concert in Tokyo. Navigating new spiritual borderlands, these two souls understand each other perfectly. They must help each other through confusion and regret as they follow Yuzo’s son, a depressed filmmaker (Yutaka Takenouchi), on a coastal road trip. Grounded by the warm chemistry between Sakai and Deneuve, stalwart Singaporean director Eric Khoo’s whimsical tale shepherds viewers on a journey of loss, art that moves us and unexpected bonds that pierce the mortal veil.

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