The Man from the Sea(HKAFF 2018)

Busan International Film Festival

After winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes with Harmonium (HKAFF 13th), director Fukada Koji travels to Indonesia for his latest film. Set in Banda Aceh – the center of numerous conflicts between foreign forces as well as the area hit hardest by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami – Fukada’s parable follows the turmoil that ensues when a mysterious stranger emerges from the sea. The man has no memory of how he got there or where he’s from, but things turn very strange when the man displays miraculous supernatural powers. Mystifying and gorgeously filmed, The Man from the Sea is a beguiling fantasy tale unlike any other.