Synopsis

Set in 1982 UK, director Kei Ishikawa’s adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel follows a young aspiring Japanese-British writer who plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, Etsuko begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. Her story starts with her encounter with Sachiko, a young woman full of hope about starting a new life abroad with her young daughter. The writer finds troubling inconsistencies as she pieces together the mementoes of her mother’s Nagasaki years with the memories Etsuko shares.

Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival