I Have to Buy New Shoes (Atarashii Kutsu wo Kawanakucha)
Thurday, July 18 at 6:30 pm
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**U.S. Premiere
Japan. 2012. 115 min. HD CAM, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Eriko Kitagawa. With Miho Nakayama, Osamu Mukai, Mirei Kiritani, Gou Ayano, Amanda Plummer.
A uniquely moving, romance set in France in the vein of Shunji Iwai and Richard Linklater. Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara (Miho Nakayama) lives in Paris. Sen Yagami (Osamu Mukai) is a photographer who comes to the city due to his younger sister Suzume’s (Mirei Kiritani) insistence. Over three days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen Yagami find the way to each other’s hearts, but will it cure their loneliness or wound them forever?