Around the World When You Were My Age
(A Volta ao Mundo Quando Tinhas 30 Anos) (2018)

  • January 12, 2020 | 6:00 PM - 7:50 PM | Sunday
  • Oldham Theatre

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*BUNDLE PACKAGE*
3 tickets: $20 || 5 tickets: $30
(U.P. $10 per ticket)

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SINGAPORE PREMIERE
Original title: A Volta ao Mundo Quando Tinhas 30 Anos
Directed by: Aya Koretzky
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: Portugal
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: PG

This lively and innovative documentary is at once director Aya Koretzky’s portrait of her father Jiro, and a meditation on humanity’s relationship with nature. As Aya attempts to reconstruct the formative round-the-world trip of Jiro’s youth, we see the photographs he took while journeying from Japan to the Soviet Union, Scandinavia, North Africa, the Middle East, and America. Accompanied by a narration of Jiro’s travel diaries, and intercut with Aya’s contemporary Super8 footage of his gardening, what appears before us is a vibrant soul, filled with profound empathy for places that echo the struggles of post-war Japan, a genuine spirit of openness to the world, and a conviction that mankind can live more harmoniously if it lived according to nature, rather than dominating it.

Awards

BRIGHT FUTURE AWARD (Best Debut Feature-Length Film)
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019

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