Ripples
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Polish premiereTheatrical Screenings
Kinoteka 4
Film description
Yoriko's life seems to be very well-organized. Her days are filled with meeting the members of a religious sect, praying at her home altar, and grooming the Zen stone garden which replaced the flowerbeds her husband cared for before he disappeared from her life without a word. His sudden return disrupts the routine and the skin-deep harmony of Yoriko's existence, cutting through it like ripples troubling a calm surface of water.
The new film by the Five Flavours favorite, Naoko Ogigami, is a treatise about finding the connection with the surrounding world. The director creates a comedy drama full of subversive humor, filled with both old resentments and piercing observations on the not-so-sugar-sweet reality. In "Ripples" Ogigami once again portraits an outcast heroine conflicted with her surroundings, who still manages to enchant us with her uniqueness. At the same time, the film opens a new chapter in the director's career, whose works are enriched with in-depth psychological reflection and ruthless irony – her outlook on relationships has never been this bitter.
text:
Łukasz Mańkowski
Naoko Ogigami
Born in 1972 in Chiba prefecture. In 1994, she left for the US to study directing at the USC. Her films, filled with sweetness and melancholy, made in a characteristic visual style, are extremely popular and are often screened at international festivals. Naoko Ogigami was the guest of the 11th Five Flavours in 2017.
1999 Ayako (short)
2003 Barber Yoshino / Yoshino's Barber Shop
2004 Koi wa go-shichi-go! / Love Is Five, Seven, Five!
2005 Kamome shokudo / Kamome Diner
2007 Okulary / Megane / Glasses
2010 Toiretto / Toilet
2012 Kot do wynajęcia / Rentaneko / Rent-a-Cat
2017 Po nitce do kłębka / Karera Ga Honki De Amu Toki wa / Close-Knit
