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SCREENING TIMES
Press Screening | Thursday, Sept. 4, 9:15am @ Scotiabank Theatre
Public Screening #1 | Saturday, Sept. 6, 9:15pm @ Scotiabank Theatre
Public Screening #3 | Thursday, Sept. 11, 7:30pm @ Scotiabank Theatre
Talent Available for Media Opportunities:
Director Chie Hayakawa (In attendance at TIFF)
SYNOPSIS
In Renoir, Chie Hayakawa (Plan 75, TIFF ’22) captures the ineffable transition from childhood to adolescence with a cinematic touch reminiscent of the famed French painter’s Impressionist style. Hayakawa’s film reflects the psychological intricacy of loss and grief through luminous frames seamlessly connected into episodes.
Drawing on her own childhood experiences and set in the late 1980s when the director was the same age as her protagonist, Hayakawa’s narrative unfolds through the eyes of Fuki (Yui Suzuki), an 11-year-old girl coping with her father’s terminal illness. As Fuki navigates the emotional turbulence of preadolescence, she is left to fend for herself, with her mother (Hikari Ishida) overwhelmed by work and the stress of caring for a dying husband (Lily Franky).
Retreating into her imagination, experimenting with hypnosis, and engaging in dangerous phone calls to a dating agency, Fuki struggles to understand and process her grief. Suzuki’s performance is extraordinary, delivering a rich palette of emotions — loss, wonder, guilt, detachment — through a nuanced portrayal of a complex character.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
Chie Hayakawa was born in Tokyo. Her short films include Identify This Girl (00), What you are holding is not an apple (00), Vajra/Vajra (01), Photography of Zero (03), Niagara (14), and May in the Winter (16). Plan 75 (22), her feature debut, played the Festival. Renoir (25) is her latest film.
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RENOIR (2025)
Written & Directed by: Chie Hayakawa
Cast: Yui Suzuki, Hikari Ishida, Lily Franky, Ayumu Nakajima,Ryôta Bandô, Keiko Morikawa
Produced by: Fran Borgia, Christophe Bruncher, Jason Gray,Keisuke Konishi, Eiko Mizuno Gray
Executive Produced by: Eiko Mizuno Gray
Cinematography by: Hideho Urata
Genre: World Cinema/Drama
RT: 120 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1:66:1
Sound: Dolby Digital
Languages: Japanese with English Subtitles
For additional information, please contact:
Michael Krause
Foundry Communications
(212) 586-7967| mkrause@foundrycomm.com
