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Cloud

Kuraudo
dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan 2024, 124’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Theatrical Screenings
Fr 14 Nov, 21:00
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
St 15 Nov, 22:00
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Poznań (20–23.11)
Credits
Japan 2024
Duration: 124’
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
screenplay: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
cinematography: Yasuyuki Sasaki
editing: Kôichi Takahashi
music: Takuma Watanabe
cast: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Daiken Okudaira, Amane Okayama
producer: Atsuyuki Igarashi, Takuya Matsumoto, Masaya Nagayama, Masato Usui, Kazuhiro Ôta
production: Cloud Production Committee, Django Film, Nikkatsu, Tokyo Theatres
language: Japanese
colouration: colour

Film description

Yoshii makes his living through retail flipping. He builds his life on risk; whatever catches his eye at online auctions, he buys cheaply and then sells at a profit, embellishing the deal with a false narrative about the uniqueness of the items. Completely absorbed in his ambitions, he builds a small empire of success – but the circle of those he has deceived along the way, now seeking revenge, begins to close in on him.

“Cloud” marks Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s return to genre filmmaking. Filled with the familiar devices of a seasoned master, his latest thriller hovers between the techno–horror of “Pulse” and the cool dissection of social fears found in “Cure”. In “Cloud”, the Japanese director combines a critical perspective on a modern economy entangled in the trade of illusion with an ambiguous exploration of the condition of masculinity – simmering with resentment, prone to panic, trapped within the fragile structure of its own ego. Kurosawa is unrivalled in his ability to expose the horror of everyday life – he holds the camera in silence, turning the slightest shadow into a harbinger of disaster. His art of building tension lies in whispers of dread: slowly saturating the frame with unease until banal gestures and ordinary spaces crack under the weight of hidden phobias.

text:
Łukasz Mańkowski

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Born in 1955 in Kobe. He started 8 mm films already as a student. His 1983 debut "Kandagawa Wars" turned out to be a commercial success. In 1997, he grabbed the attention of international audiences with a horror film "Cure." He is a regular guest of the biggest international festivals, such as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice and Locarno.

Filmography:

1983 Kandagawa inran senso / Kandagawa Pervert Wars

1985 Do-re-mi-fa musume no chi wa sawagu / The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl

1997 Kuracja / Kyua / Cure

1999 Charyzma / Karisuma / Charisma

2001 Puls / Kairo / Pulse

2003 Dopperugenga / Doppelganger

2008 Tokijska sonata / Tokyo Sonata

2015 Wyprawa na brzeg / Kishibe no tabi / Journey to the Shore

2016 Le secret de la chambre noire / Daguerrotype

2017 Zanim znikniemy / Sanpo suru shinryakusha / Before We Vanish

2019 Tabi no owari sekai no hajimari / To the Ends of the Earth

2020 Żona szpiega / Supai no tsuma / Wife of a Spy

2022 Actually...

2024 Dzwonienie / Chime

2024 Chmura / Cloud / Kuraudo

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