Madame Sidonie in Japan

In the organizer's words:

Japanese film series 2025:

Venue: Hall E, Projector

France/Germany/Japan/Switzerland 2022/23, 95 min. directed by Élise Girard, written by Élise Girard, Maud Ameline, Sophie Fillières

Sidonie Perceval (Isabelle Huppert) is invited to Japan for the new edition of her first book and is received there by her publisher. While they enjoy the cherry blossom together in Kyoto, she slowly opens up to him. But the ghost of her deceased husband haunts Sidonie ...

"With this film journey, I wanted to talk about grief, but also about rebirth, about the love that comes back when you don't expect it." (Élise Girard)