29日（水）19:00
予告編：http://youtu.be/kcnyx8-RUeA
監督: リム・カーワイ/2011年/日本/93分/デジタル/カラー
何不自由なく育った北京の女の子ココCocoは、なかなか相手をしてくれない恋人に愛想を尽かし、最高のクリスマスを過ごそうと一人大阪へ。しかし、友人に紹介された宿は大阪・新世界にある木賃宿をリノベーションしたゲストハウスだった。日本に抱いていたイメージと違うことに幻滅する一方で、彼女は様々な事情を抱えた在日中国人、日本人達に出会う・・・。
昔ながらの大阪の色濃い、新世界の街を縦横無尽に駆け抜ける登場人物達。軽妙な笑いと無国籍アクションの芳香も放ちながら、日中の典型イメージを逆転させる巧みな物語。在日中国人と日本人を通して、現代と多面的な中国・日本の姿を語る。日中両国に留学経験を持つリム・カーワイ監督のユニークな立ち位置と批評精神は、他に類をみない「無国籍」映画を生み出した。
73年にクアラ・ルンプールで生まれたリム・カーワイ（林家威）は93年に来日し、98年大阪大学基礎工学部電気工学科を卒業。外資系通信会社でエンジニアとして６年働いた後、04年から北京電影学院の監督コースで学び、『プラスティック・シティ』『墨攻』『夜の上海』など数々の現場で助監督やコーディネーターを経験する。そして09年、北京で撮影された『それから（アフター・オール・ズィーズ・イヤーズ）』で長編デビュー。この作品は2010年香港国際映画祭、大阪アジアン映画祭、サンパウロ国際映画祭にて公式上映された。2作目の『マジック＆ロス』は香港で撮影し、釜山国際映画祭、香港国際映画祭他で公式上映の他、様々な映画祭で話題となった。３作目である本作品『新世界の夜明け』では大阪・新世界を舞台とし、CO2(シネアスト・オーガニゼーション大阪)で観客賞＆技術賞をW受賞。
New world Dir. LIM Kah Wai/2011/Japan/93mins/Digital/Colour
Trailer: http://youtu.be/kcnyx8-RUeA
Coco is a girl from Beijing who was brought up in ease and comfort. Fed up with her boyfriend who doesn’t give her any of his time, she goes to Osaka alone to spend a wonderful Christmas there. However, the inn introduced to her by her friend is actually a guest house which has been renovated from a cheap lodging house in the Shinsekai (“new world”) neighborhood of Osaka. While feeling disillusioned by the gap between the reality and the image of Japan she held, Coco encounters several Chinese people living in Japan, along with Japanese people from a variety of backgrounds and all with their own stories and troubles.
The characters roam freely around the city of Shinsekai, where the taste of old Osaka remains strong. Exuding light and easy humor and containing elements of action, the story reverses the typical images of Japan and China in a sophisticated manner, and escapes the trappings of nationality. Through the characters of the Chinese in Japan, and the Japanese themselves, the film depicts multifaceted figures of contemporary China and Japan. Having studied in both Japan and China, the director LIM Kah Wai maintains a unique standpoint and critical spirit which enabled him to create this unprecedented, stateless film.
LIM Kah Wai was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1973. Coming to Japan in 1993, he graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering Science, at Osaka University, in 1998. After working for a foreign telecom company as an engineer for 6 years, he started to study directing at Beijing Film Academy from 2004, and worked as an assistant director and a coordinator on the sets of several films, such as Plastic City, A Battle of Wits, and The Longest Night in Shanghai. Lim made his feature film debut in 2009 with After All These Years, which was shot in Beijing. This debut film was officially screened at the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Osaka Asian Film Festival, and São Paulo International Film Festival. His second feature film, Magic and Loss was shot in Hong Kong and screened officially at the Pusan International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival, also gathering attention at various other film festivals. The third film by the director, New World, is set in Shinsekai, Osaka, and became a double winner, of the Audience Award and the Technical Contribution Award, at CO2 (Cineastes Organization Osaka).
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