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Tokyo Fiancée
Tokyo Fiancée
2014 • Films • Comedy/Romance/1 h 40 mins
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Her head filled with dreams, Amélie, 20, goes back to Japan, where she spent her childhood. To earn a living, she decides to give private classes in French and meets Rinri, her first and only student, a young Japanese man with whom she soon has an intimate relationship. Between surprises, happy times and the pitfalls of a culture shock that is both poetic and amusing, she discovers a side of Japan she had never seen before.
Director
Stefan Liberski
Country
France
Canada
Belgium
Japan
Language
English
French
Japanese
Details
Her head filled with dreams, Amélie, 20, goes back to Japan, where she spent her childhood. To earn a living, she decides to give private classes in French and meets Rinri, her first and only student, a young Japanese man with whom she soon has an intimate relationship. Between surprises, happy times and the pitfalls of a culture shock that is both poetic and amusing, she discovers a side of Japan she had never seen before.
Director
Stefan Liberski
Country
France
Canada
Belgium
Japan
Language
English
French
Japanese
Accolades
Pauline Etienne, Best Actress Nominee
Magritte Awards, Belgium, 2015.
Hichame Alaouie, Best Cinematography Nominee
Magritte Awards, Belgium, 2015
Pauline Etienne, Best Actress Nominee
Magritte Awards, Belgium, 2015.
Hichame Alaouie, Best Cinematography Nominee
Magritte Awards, Belgium, 2015
Trivia
Based on Amélie Nothomb's love affair with Rinri Mizuno when she was living Japan in her early twenties.
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Pauline Etienne
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