Renoir

TITLE

Renoir
by Chie Hayakawa
Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
2025

SYNOPSIS

Suburban Tokyo, 1987.
11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling cancer, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world…

ACCOLADES

Cannes Film Festival 2025 (France)

In competition

Toronto International Film Festival 2025 (Canada)

Centrepiece

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025 (Czech Republic)

Official Selection

Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 (Australia)

In Competition

Busan International Film Festival 2025 (South Korea)

A Window on Asian Cinema

Shanghai International Film Festival 2025 (China)

Official Selection

Malaysia International Film Festival 2025 (Malaysia)

Official Selection

New Horizons International Film Festival 2025 (Poland)

Official Selection

Bangkok International Film Festival 2025 (Thailand)

Official Selection

QCinema 2025 (Philippines)

Asian Next Wave Best Director
Best Lead Performance

Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2025 (Australia)

Best New Performer
Best Screenplay

QUOTES

“A delicate and touching Tokyo-Set portrait of a girl’s loneliness...”
— The Hollywood Reporter

“Plan 75 director Chie Hayakawa graduates to Cannes competition with a slender but appealingly impressionistic story of an inquisitive young girl's summer of life, death and amateur parapsychology...”
— Variety

“An elegant, thoughtful piece of filmmaking that digs into the guilt and confusion that underpins a child’s struggle to process death...”
— ScreenDaily

CREDITS

Writer & Director: CHIE HAYAKAWA
Producers: EIKO MIZUNO, JASON GRAY, KEISUKE KONISHI, CHRISTOPHE BRUNCHER, FRAN BORGIA
Co-Producers: JOSSETTE C. ATAYDE, ALEMBERG ANG, OLIVIER PÈRE, RÉMI BURAH, YULIA EVINA BHARA, AMERTA KUSUMA, AMEL LACOMBE
Executive Producers: KEISUKE KONISHI, EIKO MIZUNO, MIZUE KUNIZANE, MASAHIDE KINOSHITA, EITARO KOBAYASHI, JOSSETTE C. ATAYDE, MARIA SOPHIA ATAYDE-MARUDO, FRAN BORGIA
Associate Producer: MIKA YAMANE
Director of Photography: HIDEHO URATA
Lighting Director: YOSHIO TSUNETANI
Colourist: MARK SONG
Production Designer: KEIKO MITSUMATSU
Editor: ANNE KLOTZ
Sound Design: PHILIPPE GRIVEL, YVES SERVAGEANT
Music: REMI BOUBAL
Cast: YUI SUZUKI, HIKARI ISHIDA, LILY FRANKY, AYUMU NAKAJIMA, YUMI KAWAI, RYUTA BANDO, HANA HOPE, KOTONO TAKANASHI, AKI NISHIHARA, SHOICHIRO TANIGAWA, KYOKO MIYASHITA, MEGUMI NAKAMURA

A production of LOADED FILMS, HAPPINET PHANTOM STUDIOS, DONGYU CLUB, TEN CARAT, KINOFACTION, ICI ET LÀ PRODUCTIONS, AKANGA FILM ASIA in co-production with NATHAN STUDIOS, DALUYONG STUDIOS, ARTE FRANCE CINEMA, KAWANKAWAN MEDIA, PANORANIME

TECHNICAL SPECS

Aspect Ratio: 1:1.85
Colour
Countries: JAPAN, FRANCE, SINGAPORE, PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA
Language: JAPANESE
Runtime: 120’
Sales Agent: GOODFELLAS
Distributor (Japan): HAPPINET PHANTOM STUDIOS
Distributor (France): EUROZOOM
Distributor (Singapore): ANTICIPATE FILMS

TRAILER (Japan)