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Vision (2018 film)

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Vision
Film poster
Directed byNaomi Kawase
Written byNaomi Kawase
Produced by
  • Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Marianne Slot
  • Kumie
Starring
CinematographyArata Dodo
Edited byFrancois Gedigier, Yoichi Shibuya
Music byMakoto Ozone
Production
companies
Release date
  • 8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)
Running time
109 minutes
CountriesJapan
France
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
French

Vision is a 2018 drama film directed by Naomi Kawase from her own script. It stars Juliette Binoche and Masatoshi Nagase, with Takanori Iwata, Minami, Mirai Moriyama in supporting roles.The film tells the story of a French woman who goes to look for vision, the plant she hears legends about, in an ancient forest of Japan. There she meets Tomo, and starts a story with him that crosses cultures and languages.[1][2][3]

After a Japanese release on June 8, 2018,[4] Vision made its North American debut at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and its European debut at the San Sebastiàn Film Festival.[5][2][6]

Plot[edit]

Jeanne is a French essayist who writes travelogues while traveling around the world. She visits Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, with her assistant Hana to do some research for her essay. Jeanne is determined to find a mythical herb known as "vision", as she has heard the legend that it can alleviate human pain when it scatters its spores every 997 years. She meets Tomo, a mountain guardian who lives in a mountainous area covered in cedar trees, as she arrives at the ancient forest, and the two gradually transcend cultural barriers and develop a rapport during the search for the herb. She also gets to know Rin, a mountain guardian like Tomo, Aki, the older, blind forest denizen, Gaku, a hunter, and Gen; they all live in the mountains, and the mountain protect them. Their fates intersect in unexpected ways.[2][7][8]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film started shooting in September 2017 and was shot for two and a half weeks in September before it resumed shooting in November. The film was tailored to suit Binoche's schedule. When it transpired that she would be available during September and November, Kawase opted to write a story that was split into two halves. The feature is set in Kawase's native Nara Prefecture as many of her films are, with the local Yoshino Mountains and forests figuring prominently in the film. The film's location, deep in the mountains of the director's native Nara, was chosen partly to satisfy the actress's eagerness to see rural Japan.

Kawase and Binoche first met at an official dinner at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, and Kawase recalled that "the moment I met her, I knew I wanted to work with her." The project of the two working together was accelerated by Paris-based production company founder Marianne Slot, who was seated next to Kawase at a dinner at 2017's Cannes Festival, and their discussion led to a decision in June for Slot Machine and Kawase's production house Kumie Inc. to collaborate on a film, with Slot bringing in Binoche to star. Wild Bunch handled international sales and Haut et Court pre-bought French rights.[9][10][11]

Release[edit]

The film opened in Japan on June 8, 2018,[4] and then made its North American debut at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and its European debut at the San Sebastiàn Film Festival.[5][2][6] It was released on November 28 in France, 2018,on December 28, 2018 in Spain, and on February 14, 2019 in Germany.[12]

Marketing[edit]

Vision was announced on September 7, 2017, revealing that Juliette Binoche would co-star with Masatoshi Nagase in this new project of Naomi Kawase.[9][13] On January 18, 2018, it was announced that Takanori Iwata, Mari Natsuki, Minami, Mirai Moriyama, and Min Tanaka would appear in the film and that the film had finished shooting in early December.[14] On April 26, a special press conference was held in Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, with director Naomi Kawase and Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwata, Mari Natsuki, Minami attending.[15][16] The poster and the first trailer of the film were released on the same day, while it was also announced that the film would be released on June 8.[17] The second trailer was released on May 17.[18] On May 25, it was announced that Juliette Binoche would come to Japan for the release of the film.[19] On June 9, Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwata, Mari Natsuki, Minami, and director Naomi Kawase attended a special greeting event at Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema in Tokyo.[20]

A preview screening was held at Cinémathèque française in Paris on July 18, 2018, with Naomi Kawase, Juliette Binoche, and Taro Kono, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time, attending. It was the first screening of the film outside of Japan.[21]

Reception[edit]

Vision has an approval rating of 42% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10.[22]

Variety Critic Guy Lodge described the film as "a mixed hessian bag of Kawase's best and worst creative impulses", and stated that "still buoyed by Binoche's ever-disarming presence, it should be her most widely distributed work to date."[1] Meanwhile, Cinema Scope critic Michael Sicinski was disappointed with the film, writing that "despite the presence of an international superstar (Juliette Binoche) for the first time in Naomi Kawase's filmography, Vision will not convert anyone to the Kawase cause."[23] Hollywood Reporter critic Leslie Felperin gave also wrote that the film did not work for her, and called the film "the soporific pace and twee quasi-environmentalist, semi-mystical guff about life cycles and dreams foretold will annoy some viewers."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lodge, Guy (27 September 2018). "Film Review: 'Vision'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e "'Vision': Film Review | TIFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  3. ^ "Vision 特集とくしゅう: 世界せかいが認みとめた「あん」「光ひかり」河瀬かわせ直美なおみ監督かんとく10作さく目めは《究極きゅうきょくの到達とうたつ点てん》幾多いくたの謎なぞ、深遠しんえんな主題しゅだい、映像えいぞう美び──実力じつりょく派は俳優はいゆう陣じんと放はなつ"メッセージ"とは？"理解りかい"は十じゅう人にん十じゅう色しょく、いま映画えいがファンに委ゆだねられた壮大そうだいな結末けつまつの"解釈かいしゃく"". 映画えいが.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  4. ^ a b "Vision : 作品さくひん情報じょうほう". 映画えいが.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  5. ^ a b "Vision - Juliette Binoche". The Art of Being. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  6. ^ a b Frankl, Ed (2018-09-30). "San Sebastian Review: Naomi Kawase Transplants Juliette Binoche in the Sensual, Loopy 'Vision'". The Film Stage. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  7. ^ "河瀨かわせ直美なおみによる映画えいが『Vision』ジュリエット・ビノシュ＆永瀬ながせ正敏まさとしが主演しゅえん". www.fashion-press.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  8. ^ Connell, Katherine (2018-10-02). "Naomi Kawase's 'Vision': Poetic Worlds and Vegetal Camerawork". Another Gaze: A Feminist Film Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  9. ^ a b Goodfellow2017-09-07T11:00:00+01:00, Melanie. "Juliette Binoche to star in Naomi Kawase's 'Vision' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2021-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Schilling, Mark (2017-09-09). "Japan's Naomi Kawase Shooting Juliette Binoche in 'Vision'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  11. ^ Hadfield, James (2018-06-13). "Juliette Binoche gets to see the 'real' Japan in 'Vision'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  12. ^ "Vision". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  13. ^ "ジュリエット・ビノシュ×永瀬ながせ正敏まさとしがW主演しゅえん 河瀬かわせ直美なおみの新作しんさく『Vision』". CINRA.NET (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  14. ^ Inc, Natasha. "河瀬かわせ直美なおみ「Vision」に岩田いわた剛つよし典てん、美波みなみ、森山もりやま未來みらい、田中たなか泯、夏木なつきマリが出演しゅつえん（コメントあり）". 映画えいがナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "岩田いわた剛つよし典てん、河瀬かわせ組ぐみ初はつ参加さんかでメンバーから心配しんぱいされる…「本当ほんとうに森もりの人ひとになっている」". cinemacafe.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  16. ^ Inc, Natasha. "「Vision」河瀬かわせ直美なおみと永瀬ながせ正敏まさとし、岩田いわた剛つよし典てんの伐採ばっさい技術ぎじゅつを絶賛ぜっさん「山守やまもりになったら？」（写真しゃしん34枚まい）". 映画えいがナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ "永瀬ながせ、岩田いわた、ビノシュが神秘しんぴの森もりで出会であう…河瀬かわせ直美なおみ「Vision」ポスター＆予告よこく : 映画えいがニュース". 映画えいが.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  18. ^ "J・ビノシュ＆岩田いわた剛つよし典てんが涙なみだ、永瀬ながせ正敏まさとしが微笑びしょう 河瀬かわせ直美なおみ『Vision』新しん予告編よこくへん". CINRA.NET (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  19. ^ "オスカー女優じょゆうジュリエット・ビノシュ、緊急きんきゅう来日らいにち決定けってい！「Vision」で河瀬かわせ直美なおみ監督かんとくと初はつタッグ : 映画えいがニュース". 映画えいが.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  20. ^ "J・ビノシュ「Vision」公開こうかい祝しゅくし登壇とうだん！河瀬かわせ直美なおみ監督かんとくは「万引まんびき家族かぞく」PR : 映画えいがニュース". 映画えいが.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  21. ^ "河野こうの外務がいむ大臣だいじんの河瀨かわせ直美なおみ監督かんとく「Vision」上映じょうえい会かいへの出席しゅっせき". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  22. ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vision_2018<
  23. ^ "Cinema Scope | Vision (Naomi Kawase, Japan/France) — Special Presentations". cinema-scope.com. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

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