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Cannes Competition: Chie Hayakawa’s ‘Renoir’ Explores Childhood Grief Within Japan’s Bubble Era
Japanese director Chie Hayakawa returns to Cannes with 'Renoir,' about a young girl facing family tragedy during Japan's bubble economy.
Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, whose “Plan 75” earned a Camera d’Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival, is back on the Croisette with competition title “ Renoir,” a coming-of-age drama set during Japan’s economic bubble of the late 1980s. The film follows Fuki, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl played by newcomer Yui Suzuki, as she navigates a challenging summer while coping with a terminally ill father and a stressed-out working mother. Hayakawa specifically chose to set the story in 1987, during Japan’s economic bubble period, seeing parallels with contemporary society.
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