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Film Info

Germany 2016 | 90 min. Director: Thorsten Trimpop
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World Sales

NEW DOCS
Dasselstr. 75-77
50674 Köln Phone +49 221 16819743 http://www.newdocs.de

Production Company

BÜCHNER FILMPRODUKTION GmbH
Schaafenstraße 25
50676 Köln Phone +49 177 4468560 Fax +49 30 75527724 http://www.buechnerfilm.de

Categories

Documentary

FURUSATO

Theatrical Release: March 8, 2018

90mins or 52mins| HD | English version | original version with German subtitles available

Synopsis

A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.
A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. A teen rocker, a media-savvy activist, a conflicted TEPCO engineer, and a female horse breeder cope with the loss of their homes and the unseen danger of radiation. Each faces a crucial decision: to stay or to go? Furusato, or hometown, is an unsettling portrait of daily life amid an ongoing cataclysm, one with repercussions far beyond Japan’s shores. While exploring the region during the four years following the disaster, director Thorsten Trimpop reveals a way of life that has taken hold amid tremendous uncertainty and risk, in a place rarely seen and often misunderstood. Culminating in a samurai horse race with a thousand-year tradition, the film offers a space to reflect on the larger issues of progress, its untold sacrifices, and the true cost of the way we live today.

Cast & Crew

  • Director
    Thorsten Trimpop

Festivals/awards

59th DOK Leipzig - Golden Dove
Best Feature Dokumentary - Newburyport DFF

Viennale, Vienna IFF
Globale Meittelhessn
DOCPOINT Helsinki
ANN ARBOR IFF
IFF Guadalalara
achtung berlin!
IFF Boston

World Sales

NEW DOCS
Dasselstr. 75-77
50674 Köln Phone +49 221 16819743 http://www.newdocs.de

Production Company

BÜCHNER FILMPRODUKTION GmbH
Schaafenstraße 25
50676 Köln Phone +49 177 4468560 Fax +49 30 75527724 http://www.buechnerfilm.de

Cast & Crew

Thorsten Trimpop

Categories

Documentary
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