Air Doll
The urban fairytale...gradually unfurls as an achingly beautiful meditation on loneliness and longing in the city.
Air Doll
AIR DOLL is the acclaimed cinematic fable by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Still Walking) that wowed critics and audiences at the world's top festivals. The widely-celebrated romantic fantasy, which stars Bae Doona (The Host, Netflix's Sense8), was launched in 2009 to monumental success in its native Japan and has never previously seen a U.S. release.
In AIR DOLL, the Galatea myth is transported to present day Tokyo, when an inflatable sex doll named Nozomi (Doona) finds that she has grown consciousness and a heart. She begins to wander the city in quiet awe and fascination and, taking on a new life of her own, discovers the innate complexities of being human, including the heartbreak of loneliness. Joining forces with cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (In The Mood For Love), Kore-eda’s intimate direction relays the struggles of finding human connection in the mess of modern society.
In AIR DOLL, the Galatea myth is transported to present day Tokyo, when an inflatable sex doll named Nozomi (Doona) finds that she has grown consciousness and a heart. She begins to wander the city in quiet awe and fascination and, taking on a new life of her own, discovers the innate complexities of being human, including the heartbreak of loneliness. Joining forces with cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (In The Mood For Love), Kore-eda’s intimate direction relays the struggles of finding human connection in the mess of modern society.
Genre
Drama,
Fantasy,
Romance
Runtime
113
Language
Japanese
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writer(s)
Yoshiie Goda (manga),
Hirokazu Koreeda (screenplay)
Cast
Bae Doona,
Arata,
Itao Itsuji,
Odagiri Joe
FEATURED REVIEW
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke, Psychocinematography
Nozomi’s coming into being (as being of language, being of society, and as woman) is structured by the theme of loneliness/emptiness. The narrative alternates between Nozomi’s literal emptiness and the figurative emptiness of others, like Hideo and Junichi. In the case of Hideo, his loneliness is ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 2.04.22 - 2.10.22
Glendale 2.04.22 - 2.10.22
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 2.11.22 - 3.10.22
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