The Spanish director will receive the European achievement to world cinema award.
The European Film Academy will honour Spanish director Isabel Coixet with the award in European achievement to world cinema at the European Film Awards.
The director will be the guest of honour at the ceremony on December 9 in Berlin.
Coixet made her debut in 1989 with Demasiado Viejo Para Morir Joven, which was nominated for best new director at Spain’s Goya awards.
She went on to become the most decorated female filmmaker at the Goyas with nine wins for films including 2003’s My Life Without Me, 2017’s The Bookshop...
The European Film Academy will honour Spanish director Isabel Coixet with the award in European achievement to world cinema at the European Film Awards.
The director will be the guest of honour at the ceremony on December 9 in Berlin.
Coixet made her debut in 1989 with Demasiado Viejo Para Morir Joven, which was nominated for best new director at Spain’s Goya awards.
She went on to become the most decorated female filmmaker at the Goyas with nine wins for films including 2003’s My Life Without Me, 2017’s The Bookshop...
- 11/15/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
In 1901 Spain, Marcela Gracia Ibeas took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Elisa Sanchez Loriga. The couple was later discovered and had to escape to Argentina. The wedding, according to the Diocesan Archive, is still valid, as neither the Church nor the civil registry annulled the marriage certificates, so this is the first recorded same-sex marriage in Spain, 100 years before it was declared legal in 2005; although, in the Middle Ages, a same-sex marriage between the two men Pedro Díaz and Muño Vandilaz in the Galician municipality of Rairiz de Veiga in Spain was recorded on 16 April 1061…
By José Sellier — Foto publicada en La Voz de Galicia en 1901-Via http://www.20minutos.es/museo-virtual/foto/2259/rank/4/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2256437
The two worked as teachers at a time when the vast majority of the Galician population was illiterate.
By José Sellier — Foto publicada en La Voz de Galicia en 1901-Via http://www.20minutos.es/museo-virtual/foto/2259/rank/4/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2256437
The two worked as teachers at a time when the vast majority of the Galician population was illiterate.
- 2/18/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
I recently sat down with director Isabel Coixet, and actors Patricia Clarkson and Sarita Choudhury at the Crosby Hotel in New York City, to discuss their new film "Learning to Drive." The film, written by Sarah Kernochan, is based on the autobiographical New Yorker short story by Katha Pollit, a long-time political columnist for the Nation.
Wendy is a fiery Manhattan author whose husband has just left her for a younger woman; Darwan is a soft-spoken taxi driver from India on the verge of an arranged marriage. As Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she runs into a barrier common to many lifelong New Yorkers: she’s never learned to drive. When Wendy hires Darwan to teach her, her unraveling life and his calm restraint seem like an awkward fit. But as he shows her how to take control of the wheel, and she coaches him on how to impress a woman, their unlikely friendship awakens them to the joy, humor, and love in starting life anew.
My conversation began with Isabel Coixet and Sarita Choudhury
Isabel Coixet’s award-winning film credits include "Demaisiado viejo para morir joven," "Things I Never Told You,""My Life Without Me," "The Secret Life of Words," "Paris, je t’aime," "Elegy," "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," "Yesterday Never Ends," "Another Me," "Nobody Wants the Night," as well as documentaries, including "Invisibles."
Currently, Sarita Choudhury can be seen on Showtime’s "Homeland." Her film credits include "Admission," "Gayby," "Midnight’s Children," "Generation Um…," "Entre Nos," "The Accidental Husband," "Lady in the Water," "The War Within," "Mississippi Masala," "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love," "She Hate Me," "Just a Kiss," "Wild West," "High Art," "The House of the Spirits," "Gloria," and "A Perfect Murder."
Susan Kouguell: Tell me about the process of how "Learning to Drive" came about.
Isabel Coixet: We started talking about making this film with Patricia and Ben Kingsley when we were making "Elegy" (directed by Coixet, starring Clarkson and Kingsley) and we got along very well and we wanted to make another film together. Patricia discovered the short story by Katha Pollit, and she gave it to me and I thought it was wonderful. And then we got the screenwriter Sarah Kernocha involved. The film is a comedy but not a classical comedy. It was a very difficult film to pitch because you know financiers and producers want something they can put in one box and you can’t with this film. It was a long process. It took nine years.
Some Words Unspoken and the Intimacy of the Camera
Isabel Coixet: There is always this romantic feeling underneath [subtext], I think there is that possibility. You have to be true to your words. If they are true, you will have to stick to your words.
Sarita Choudhury: That’s what happens with people you meet. No you were my inspiration don’t make me your inspiration.
Isabel Coixet: I love Henry James. There is a possibility of romance in the air. My romantic side is always excited when I see something like this.
Sarita Choudhury: I had so few words in the film. In a way, I kept the words because I had to know not to say them. For us the script -- the situational was also in the script; the languidness. It was because Isabel holds the camera. There was a pace created to it. When you’re acting you can feel where the camera is, but when the camera is at the end of Isabel’s hand and she’s moving it, it almost creates an intimacy between you and the camera, and you and the actor. There’s a pace you normally don’t get in film. You didn’t know when she was on your face; you had to keep acting like acting in the theatre.
On The Lack of Women Directors
Isabel Coixet: There are so many articles about it. I’m always afraid to play the victim, to complain too much. I know there is an inequity with men and women directors. This is an issue in the world. I always say, (Coixet smiles) we have to ask for more salary to make up for all these years and maybe if we ask for more they’ll give us the same as a man.
I want to put my words where my mouth is by producing female directors; they are amazing talented people. I’m producing three short films and a feature documentary. That’s what I do.
Sarita Choudhury: I just did a young woman’s short film; there is something about her that’s brilliant. I’ve done two short films. I can’t change the caste system and I can’t do the voluntary work I need to be doing. Film is no different from the world, like Isabel said. That’s our work, to get every woman involved. And if a man is brilliant, let him in too.
I then asked Patricia Clarkson about her involvement with "Learning to Drive."
Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, Patricia Clarkson, has worked extensively in independent films. The National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics named her Best Supporting Actress of the Year for "Pieces of April" and "The Station Agent." Her many film credits include "The Maze Runner," "Last Weekend," "Friends With Benefits," "One Day," "Easy A," "Shutter Island," "Vicky Christina Barcelona," "Elegy," "No Reservations," "All the Kings’ Men," "Lars and the Real Girl, and "Good Night, and Good Luck."
Susan Kouguell: What attracted you to the project?
Patricia Clarkson: I loved the Katha Pollit story in The New Yorker; it serendipitously came to me. I love Wendy, I love this character. I was nine years younger at the time, but I still felt I knew her. I was relentless trying to get this film made with producer Dana Friedman. I found it an equal dose of funny and tragic. I liked the almost commedia dell'arte aspect; this absurd situation and finding the tragic comedy. A woman who is brilliant who lives a great life -- she has everything, but “forgets to look up,” and then meets a man who has experienced tragic loss. They have disparate worlds. I found it a quintessential New York story, but it’s also universal. It’s an independent film, but it’s not independently-minded.
Some Final Words
The disparate worlds about which Clarkson refers to in regard to her character, Wendy’s relationship with Darwan [Ben Kingsley] -- the life of a financially successful New Yorker compared to the immigrant’s struggle, was a thematic element that I further discussed with Coixet and Choudhury. As Choudhury said to me, Coixet’s visual choices of her character, such as the moment when she watches feet walk by her basement apartment window, feeling trapped, underscore the poignancy of this fish-out-of-water situation. Coixet captures these elements with a delicate balance of both drama and comedy.
It was an inspiring morning to speak with these three powerful and talented women, who are committed to sharing their knowledge with the next generation of female filmmakers.
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
Wendy is a fiery Manhattan author whose husband has just left her for a younger woman; Darwan is a soft-spoken taxi driver from India on the verge of an arranged marriage. As Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she runs into a barrier common to many lifelong New Yorkers: she’s never learned to drive. When Wendy hires Darwan to teach her, her unraveling life and his calm restraint seem like an awkward fit. But as he shows her how to take control of the wheel, and she coaches him on how to impress a woman, their unlikely friendship awakens them to the joy, humor, and love in starting life anew.
My conversation began with Isabel Coixet and Sarita Choudhury
Isabel Coixet’s award-winning film credits include "Demaisiado viejo para morir joven," "Things I Never Told You,""My Life Without Me," "The Secret Life of Words," "Paris, je t’aime," "Elegy," "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," "Yesterday Never Ends," "Another Me," "Nobody Wants the Night," as well as documentaries, including "Invisibles."
Currently, Sarita Choudhury can be seen on Showtime’s "Homeland." Her film credits include "Admission," "Gayby," "Midnight’s Children," "Generation Um…," "Entre Nos," "The Accidental Husband," "Lady in the Water," "The War Within," "Mississippi Masala," "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love," "She Hate Me," "Just a Kiss," "Wild West," "High Art," "The House of the Spirits," "Gloria," and "A Perfect Murder."
Susan Kouguell: Tell me about the process of how "Learning to Drive" came about.
Isabel Coixet: We started talking about making this film with Patricia and Ben Kingsley when we were making "Elegy" (directed by Coixet, starring Clarkson and Kingsley) and we got along very well and we wanted to make another film together. Patricia discovered the short story by Katha Pollit, and she gave it to me and I thought it was wonderful. And then we got the screenwriter Sarah Kernocha involved. The film is a comedy but not a classical comedy. It was a very difficult film to pitch because you know financiers and producers want something they can put in one box and you can’t with this film. It was a long process. It took nine years.
Some Words Unspoken and the Intimacy of the Camera
Isabel Coixet: There is always this romantic feeling underneath [subtext], I think there is that possibility. You have to be true to your words. If they are true, you will have to stick to your words.
Sarita Choudhury: That’s what happens with people you meet. No you were my inspiration don’t make me your inspiration.
Isabel Coixet: I love Henry James. There is a possibility of romance in the air. My romantic side is always excited when I see something like this.
Sarita Choudhury: I had so few words in the film. In a way, I kept the words because I had to know not to say them. For us the script -- the situational was also in the script; the languidness. It was because Isabel holds the camera. There was a pace created to it. When you’re acting you can feel where the camera is, but when the camera is at the end of Isabel’s hand and she’s moving it, it almost creates an intimacy between you and the camera, and you and the actor. There’s a pace you normally don’t get in film. You didn’t know when she was on your face; you had to keep acting like acting in the theatre.
On The Lack of Women Directors
Isabel Coixet: There are so many articles about it. I’m always afraid to play the victim, to complain too much. I know there is an inequity with men and women directors. This is an issue in the world. I always say, (Coixet smiles) we have to ask for more salary to make up for all these years and maybe if we ask for more they’ll give us the same as a man.
I want to put my words where my mouth is by producing female directors; they are amazing talented people. I’m producing three short films and a feature documentary. That’s what I do.
Sarita Choudhury: I just did a young woman’s short film; there is something about her that’s brilliant. I’ve done two short films. I can’t change the caste system and I can’t do the voluntary work I need to be doing. Film is no different from the world, like Isabel said. That’s our work, to get every woman involved. And if a man is brilliant, let him in too.
I then asked Patricia Clarkson about her involvement with "Learning to Drive."
Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, Patricia Clarkson, has worked extensively in independent films. The National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics named her Best Supporting Actress of the Year for "Pieces of April" and "The Station Agent." Her many film credits include "The Maze Runner," "Last Weekend," "Friends With Benefits," "One Day," "Easy A," "Shutter Island," "Vicky Christina Barcelona," "Elegy," "No Reservations," "All the Kings’ Men," "Lars and the Real Girl, and "Good Night, and Good Luck."
Susan Kouguell: What attracted you to the project?
Patricia Clarkson: I loved the Katha Pollit story in The New Yorker; it serendipitously came to me. I love Wendy, I love this character. I was nine years younger at the time, but I still felt I knew her. I was relentless trying to get this film made with producer Dana Friedman. I found it an equal dose of funny and tragic. I liked the almost commedia dell'arte aspect; this absurd situation and finding the tragic comedy. A woman who is brilliant who lives a great life -- she has everything, but “forgets to look up,” and then meets a man who has experienced tragic loss. They have disparate worlds. I found it a quintessential New York story, but it’s also universal. It’s an independent film, but it’s not independently-minded.
Some Final Words
The disparate worlds about which Clarkson refers to in regard to her character, Wendy’s relationship with Darwan [Ben Kingsley] -- the life of a financially successful New Yorker compared to the immigrant’s struggle, was a thematic element that I further discussed with Coixet and Choudhury. As Choudhury said to me, Coixet’s visual choices of her character, such as the moment when she watches feet walk by her basement apartment window, feeling trapped, underscore the poignancy of this fish-out-of-water situation. Coixet captures these elements with a delicate balance of both drama and comedy.
It was an inspiring morning to speak with these three powerful and talented women, who are committed to sharing their knowledge with the next generation of female filmmakers.
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
- 8/21/2015
- by Susan Kouguell
- Sydney's Buzz
#99. Isabel Coixet’s Panda Eyes
Gist: Based on Cathy MacPhail’s young adult novel, Another Me, Coixet’s adaptation, which the director states takes its inspiration from The Ring, concerns identity anxiety in a teenage girl, featuring “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner in her film debut. Coixet, best known for her melancholy dramas like My Life Without Me (2001) and Elegy (2008), appears to be trying something new with her latest, which also features Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Claire Forlani, and Geraldine Chaplin.
Prediction: With a majority of her work premiering in Berlin or Venice, her last title, 2009’s Map of the Sounds of Tokyo premiered in the Main Competition. While her latest title, a mystery thriller, will most likely not be considered in the same category this time around, her considerable fest cred (not to mention the constant criticism of the lack of female directors in and out of the Cannes...
Gist: Based on Cathy MacPhail’s young adult novel, Another Me, Coixet’s adaptation, which the director states takes its inspiration from The Ring, concerns identity anxiety in a teenage girl, featuring “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner in her film debut. Coixet, best known for her melancholy dramas like My Life Without Me (2001) and Elegy (2008), appears to be trying something new with her latest, which also features Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Claire Forlani, and Geraldine Chaplin.
Prediction: With a majority of her work premiering in Berlin or Venice, her last title, 2009’s Map of the Sounds of Tokyo premiered in the Main Competition. While her latest title, a mystery thriller, will most likely not be considered in the same category this time around, her considerable fest cred (not to mention the constant criticism of the lack of female directors in and out of the Cannes...
- 4/2/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Merry Christmas everybody! And yes, I do mean everybody, whether you celebrate the holiday or not. It’s the gesture and thought that are important here people, not the details of your own beliefs or attitudes. No different from saying ‘Good morning’ or Have a great day!’ And to prove I’m not all about the specifics of Christmas… I’m not recommending any new releases for purchase this week! See? No crass commercialism intended! Of course, it helps that most of this week’s titles are average at best… This week sees Oliver Stone’s Wall Street sequel (Money Never Sleeps), the first in M. Night Shyamalan’s Night Chronicles series of low budget horror films (Devil), Angelina Jolie’s latest action romp (Salt), Emma Stone’s smart high-school comedy (Easy A), and a handful of below the radar foreign titles including Map Of the Sounds Of Tokyo, Beautiful Kate, and...
- 12/21/2010
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Every Tuesday a new slew of titles on DVD and Blu-ray hit your local retailer's shelves, and while many of us will still be starry-eyed enjoying the things we received this holiday season, that doesn't mean we can't still look forward to what's next. It's by no means a complete list, and will see additions as more releases are announced, so for now take it as an incomplete guide for your next few months of potential entertainment. So without further ado, here's a rundown of titles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray in the near future.
Arriving December 21st
The A-Team on DVD and Blu-ray (Fox) Angel (IFC) Futurama: Volume 5 on DVD and Blu-ray (Fox) The Horde on DVD (IFC) Let it Rain on DVD (IFC) Map of the Sounds of Tokyo on DVD (IFC) Soul Kitchen on DVD (IFC) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on DVD and Blu-ray (Fox)
Arriving...
Arriving December 21st
The A-Team on DVD and Blu-ray (Fox) Angel (IFC) Futurama: Volume 5 on DVD and Blu-ray (Fox) The Horde on DVD (IFC) Let it Rain on DVD (IFC) Map of the Sounds of Tokyo on DVD (IFC) Soul Kitchen on DVD (IFC) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on DVD and Blu-ray (Fox)
Arriving...
- 12/20/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"The Films of Rita Hayworth"
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
A collection of five of the brunette bombshell's films -- the 1944 Gene Kelly musical "Cover Girl" and her most famous film "Gilda," as well as the 1945 musical "Tonight and Every Night," "Miss Sadie Thompson" and "Salome," which are making their first appearance on DVD -- with introductions by Martin Scorsese on "Tonight and Every Night," Baz Luhrmann on "Cover Girl" and Patricia Clarkson on "Miss Sadie Thompson," the original trailers for each of the films and a featurette with Scorsese and Luhrmann comparing notes on "Gilda."
"Angel"
Directed by François Ozon
Released by Mpi Home Video
It's been a long journey for French filmmaker Ozon's first fully-English film - he's already made three others since "Angel" premiered at Berlinale in 2007, but it boasts a bunch of big names including Michael Fassbender,...
"The Films of Rita Hayworth"
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
A collection of five of the brunette bombshell's films -- the 1944 Gene Kelly musical "Cover Girl" and her most famous film "Gilda," as well as the 1945 musical "Tonight and Every Night," "Miss Sadie Thompson" and "Salome," which are making their first appearance on DVD -- with introductions by Martin Scorsese on "Tonight and Every Night," Baz Luhrmann on "Cover Girl" and Patricia Clarkson on "Miss Sadie Thompson," the original trailers for each of the films and a featurette with Scorsese and Luhrmann comparing notes on "Gilda."
"Angel"
Directed by François Ozon
Released by Mpi Home Video
It's been a long journey for French filmmaker Ozon's first fully-English film - he's already made three others since "Angel" premiered at Berlinale in 2007, but it boasts a bunch of big names including Michael Fassbender,...
- 12/20/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
DVD Playhouse December 2010
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
- 12/20/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
IFC Films will be releasing Isabelle Coixet's Map of the Sounds of Tokyo nationwide via its genre film VOD platform, IFC Midnight, this Wednesday, August 25th; and Dread Central has the world premiere of the film's trailer.
Writer/director Coixet (whom you might know from last year's Elegy), is an incredibly talented filmmaker who's trying something new with this foray into the genre world. Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is a super-slick, steamy, and restrained thriller that stars Rinko Kikuchi (Oscar-nominee for Babel).
Synopsis:
Ryu (Kikuchi) is a solitary girl whose fragile appearance is in stark contrast with the double life she leads, working nights at a Tokyo fishmarket and sporadically taking on jobs as a hit woman. Mr. Nagara (Takeo Nakahara) is a powerful impresario mourning the loss of his daughter, Midori, who has committed suicide. He blames David (Sergi López), a Spaniard who runs a wine business in Tokyo.
Writer/director Coixet (whom you might know from last year's Elegy), is an incredibly talented filmmaker who's trying something new with this foray into the genre world. Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is a super-slick, steamy, and restrained thriller that stars Rinko Kikuchi (Oscar-nominee for Babel).
Synopsis:
Ryu (Kikuchi) is a solitary girl whose fragile appearance is in stark contrast with the double life she leads, working nights at a Tokyo fishmarket and sporadically taking on jobs as a hit woman. Mr. Nagara (Takeo Nakahara) is a powerful impresario mourning the loss of his daughter, Midori, who has committed suicide. He blames David (Sergi López), a Spaniard who runs a wine business in Tokyo.
- 8/23/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Isabel Coixet’s Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is being theatrically released under the title “Night Tokyo Day” in Japan in a little over a month, and the Japanese distributor Dingo has released a new trailer.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Rinko Kikuchi as a solitary girl in Tokyo named Ryu who leads a double life as both a fish market worker and hit-woman. When Midori, the daughter of a powerful impresario named Nagara (Takeo Nakahara), commits suicide, his employee (Hideo Sakaki) hires Ryu to kill the man believed responsible for Midori’s death—a spaniard named David (Sergi López). Meanwhile, a sound engineer (Min Tanaka) obsessed with the sounds of the city and fascinated by Ryu acts as narrator as an unlikely love affair develops between the assassin and her mark.
“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” will be released in...
The film, which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Rinko Kikuchi as a solitary girl in Tokyo named Ryu who leads a double life as both a fish market worker and hit-woman. When Midori, the daughter of a powerful impresario named Nagara (Takeo Nakahara), commits suicide, his employee (Hideo Sakaki) hires Ryu to kill the man believed responsible for Midori’s death—a spaniard named David (Sergi López). Meanwhile, a sound engineer (Min Tanaka) obsessed with the sounds of the city and fascinated by Ryu acts as narrator as an unlikely love affair develops between the assassin and her mark.
“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” will be released in...
- 8/6/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Isabel Coixet’s Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is being theatrically released under the title “Night Tokyo Day” in Japan in a little over a month, and the Japanese distributor Dingo has released a new trailer.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Rinko Kikuchi as a solitary girl in Tokyo named Ryu who leads a double life as both a fish market worker and hit-woman. When Midori, the daughter of a powerful impresario named Nagara (Takeo Nakahara), commits suicide, his employee (Hideo Sakaki) hires Ryu to kill the man believed responsible for Midori’s death—a spaniard named David (Sergi López). Meanwhile, a sound engineer (Min Tanaka) obsessed with the sounds of the city and fascinated by Ryu acts as narrator as an unlikely love affair develops between the assassin and her mark.
“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” will be released in...
The film, which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Rinko Kikuchi as a solitary girl in Tokyo named Ryu who leads a double life as both a fish market worker and hit-woman. When Midori, the daughter of a powerful impresario named Nagara (Takeo Nakahara), commits suicide, his employee (Hideo Sakaki) hires Ryu to kill the man believed responsible for Midori’s death—a spaniard named David (Sergi López). Meanwhile, a sound engineer (Min Tanaka) obsessed with the sounds of the city and fascinated by Ryu acts as narrator as an unlikely love affair develops between the assassin and her mark.
“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” will be released in...
- 8/6/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Birds Eye View Film Festival, London
One viewing of Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker should dispel any preconceived notions about what subjects can be successfully explored by female directors. Now in its sixth year of championing women in film, this festival presents another range of high-calibre features and documentaries, from Drew Barrymore's roller derby extravaganza Whip It, and Spanish thriller Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, to She Is The Matador, about female bullfighters, plus a subversive retrospective of Blondes On Film.
Various venues, Thu to 12 Mar, visit birds-eye-view.co.uk
Andrea Hubert
Wales One World Film Festival, Wales
Without a fixed abode, this touring festival of world cinema doesn't have a glitzy awards ceremony like many of the more stationary events do; instead it delivers films that have already won elsewhere. This year we get three Cannes winners: the strange and original Dogtooth, about children hidden away...
One viewing of Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker should dispel any preconceived notions about what subjects can be successfully explored by female directors. Now in its sixth year of championing women in film, this festival presents another range of high-calibre features and documentaries, from Drew Barrymore's roller derby extravaganza Whip It, and Spanish thriller Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, to She Is The Matador, about female bullfighters, plus a subversive retrospective of Blondes On Film.
Various venues, Thu to 12 Mar, visit birds-eye-view.co.uk
Andrea Hubert
Wales One World Film Festival, Wales
Without a fixed abode, this touring festival of world cinema doesn't have a glitzy awards ceremony like many of the more stationary events do; instead it delivers films that have already won elsewhere. This year we get three Cannes winners: the strange and original Dogtooth, about children hidden away...
- 2/27/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill, Andrea Hubert
- The Guardian - Film News
Madrid -- Fernando Trueba's "The Dancer and the Thief" will represent Spain in the race for the foreign-language film Oscar, the Spanish Film Academy said Tuesday.
Trueba, who won an Oscar in 1993 for "Belle Epoque" with a young Penelope Cruz in the cast, beat out Isabel Coixet's "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo" and Daniel Sanchez-Arevalo's "Gordos" to be Spain's bid for the award. The film academy had shortlisted all three films two weeks ago.
"Dancer," which stars Ricardo Darin, is set in newly democratic Chile and is produced by Fernando Trueba P.C., with 6 Sales handling international rights.
The film had its world premiere out of competition in the official section last week at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Trueba, who won an Oscar in 1993 for "Belle Epoque" with a young Penelope Cruz in the cast, beat out Isabel Coixet's "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo" and Daniel Sanchez-Arevalo's "Gordos" to be Spain's bid for the award. The film academy had shortlisted all three films two weeks ago.
"Dancer," which stars Ricardo Darin, is set in newly democratic Chile and is produced by Fernando Trueba P.C., with 6 Sales handling international rights.
The film had its world premiere out of competition in the official section last week at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
- 9/29/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Sebastian -- Spanish sales outfit Imagina International Sales announced Wednesday it has sold various territories on three of its titles, including Toronto entry "25 Carats."
The two others are Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's "Gordos" and Isabel Coixet's "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo."
Arsenal Filmverleih picked up "Gordos" for Germany and Austria, while Archibald took Italian rights. Produced by Tesela, Filmanova and Tve and presented in Venice Days, "Gordos" has earned more than €950,000 ($1.4 million) at the Spanish boxoffice in its first two weeks.
"Map" will be seen in German-speaking territories via Alamode, with LeopArt taking Russian rights and Monolith picking up Poland. Imagina said it is in talks on a handful of other territories.
Kino Swiat bought Polish rights on "25 Carats," with advanced talks underway for U.S. distribution and remake rights.
Both "Gordos" and "Map" were shortlisted by Spain's Film Academy last week as possible contenders for the country's...
The two others are Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's "Gordos" and Isabel Coixet's "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo."
Arsenal Filmverleih picked up "Gordos" for Germany and Austria, while Archibald took Italian rights. Produced by Tesela, Filmanova and Tve and presented in Venice Days, "Gordos" has earned more than €950,000 ($1.4 million) at the Spanish boxoffice in its first two weeks.
"Map" will be seen in German-speaking territories via Alamode, with LeopArt taking Russian rights and Monolith picking up Poland. Imagina said it is in talks on a handful of other territories.
Kino Swiat bought Polish rights on "25 Carats," with advanced talks underway for U.S. distribution and remake rights.
Both "Gordos" and "Map" were shortlisted by Spain's Film Academy last week as possible contenders for the country's...
- 9/23/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In roughly one month's time Oscar's sharpest double edged sword falls. That would be the announcement of the official submission list for the Best Foreign Language Film competition. Why the double edge? On the one hand it's always a mouthwatering list of sixty-plus film titles from newbie directors and masters alike, starring actors from all over the globe and covering virtually every film genre. They're not all masterpieces but there's true gold in there. On the other hand, the majority of these possibly awesome titles will remain unavailable to all but the most dedicated and wealthy of cinephiles who can travel 'round the world chasing film festivals.
It's time for The Film Experience to dive in to the possibilities ahead. We've been bringing you the web's most comprehensive foreign chart for 9 years now.
Israel. Third Time Lucky?
Israel is an 8 time nominee in the foreign film race but they've never won.
It's time for The Film Experience to dive in to the possibilities ahead. We've been bringing you the web's most comprehensive foreign chart for 9 years now.
Israel. Third Time Lucky?
Israel is an 8 time nominee in the foreign film race but they've never won.
- 9/18/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon won the Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Haneke edged out top contenders including Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, the Pedro Almodovar-helmed Broken Embraces and Isabel Coixet's Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo for the acclaimed film prize. The Austrian director's previous movies include The Piano Teacher, Hidden and Funny Games. Accepting the award, Haneke said: "Sometimes my (more)...
- 5/25/2009
- by By Marcell Minaya
- Digital Spy
2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards 2009 Cannes Film Festival: May 13–24 In Competition - Feature Films Palme d’Or Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael Haneke Grand Prix Un PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques Audiard Jury Prize (tie) Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold and Bak-jwi (Thirst) directed by Park Chan-Wook Best Director Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay Best Actor Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds directed by Quentin Tarantino Best Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist directed by Lars von Trier Best Screenplay Mei Feng for Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever) directed by Lou Ye Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician Aitor Berenguer, sound technician of the movie Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo directed by Isabel Coixet Lifetime achievement award for his work and his exceptional contribution to the history of cinema Alain Resnais In Competition - Short Films Palme d’Or Arena directed by João Salaviza Special Distinction...
- 5/24/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
[Updated with a brand new trailer!]
My thanks to Desiree for pointing the way to Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, a film currently splitting production chores between Barcelona and Tokyo to put together an international story of love and murder anchored by a stellar cast. How stellar? Well, anybody with the good sense to put Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, The Brothers Bloom) in the lead is okay by me and when you back Kikuchi up with Sergi Lopez (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Ryuhei Kitamura regular Hideo Sakaki then you know you’ve got something going on.
Kikuchi stars as Ryu, a young woman who does double duty as a late night fish merchant and occasional hired killer. Ryu is hired to kill the Spanish lover of a young woman whose suicide is blamed on their relationship while a lonely sound engineer who is obsessed with Ryu observes the whole affair from a distance.
My thanks to Desiree for pointing the way to Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, a film currently splitting production chores between Barcelona and Tokyo to put together an international story of love and murder anchored by a stellar cast. How stellar? Well, anybody with the good sense to put Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, The Brothers Bloom) in the lead is okay by me and when you back Kikuchi up with Sergi Lopez (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Ryuhei Kitamura regular Hideo Sakaki then you know you’ve got something going on.
Kikuchi stars as Ryu, a young woman who does double duty as a late night fish merchant and occasional hired killer. Ryu is hired to kill the Spanish lover of a young woman whose suicide is blamed on their relationship while a lonely sound engineer who is obsessed with Ryu observes the whole affair from a distance.
- 5/9/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
My thanks to Desiree for pointing the way to Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, a film currently splitting production chores between Barcelona and Tokyo to put together an international story of love and murder anchored by a stellar cast. How stellar? Well, anybody with the good sense to put Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, The Brothers Bloom) in the lead is okay by me and when you back Kikuchi up with Sergi Lopez (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Ryuhei Kitamura regular Hideo Sakaki then you know you’ve got something going on.
Kikuchi stars as Ryu, a young woman who does double duty as a late night fish merchant and occasional hired killer. Ryu is hired to kill the Spanish lover of a young woman whose suicide is blamed on their relationship while a lonely sound engineer who is obsessed with Ryu observes the whole affair from a distance.
Kikuchi stars as Ryu, a young woman who does double duty as a late night fish merchant and occasional hired killer. Ryu is hired to kill the Spanish lover of a young woman whose suicide is blamed on their relationship while a lonely sound engineer who is obsessed with Ryu observes the whole affair from a distance.
- 12/19/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Two years after "Babel" put her on the Hollywood map, Rinko Kikuchi soon could have a map of her own.
The Oscar nominee is in talks to star in "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," a dual-identity drama written and directed by Isabel Coixet.
Spanish shingle Mediapro is producing the film, a Japanese-set dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer.
Coixet, a Spanish director known for her weighty dramas, directed the specialty release "Elegy," the Ben Kingsley-Penelope Cruz academia romance which sported a $17,000 per-screen average in limited release this weekend.
The CAA-repped Kikuchi has undertaken a number of supporting roles since being nominated for "Babel." She has parts in Rian Johnson's con-man movie "The Brothers Bloom," which Summit is releasing in the fall, and the Weinstein Co.'s wartime romance "Shanghai."...
The Oscar nominee is in talks to star in "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," a dual-identity drama written and directed by Isabel Coixet.
Spanish shingle Mediapro is producing the film, a Japanese-set dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer.
Coixet, a Spanish director known for her weighty dramas, directed the specialty release "Elegy," the Ben Kingsley-Penelope Cruz academia romance which sported a $17,000 per-screen average in limited release this weekend.
The CAA-repped Kikuchi has undertaken a number of supporting roles since being nominated for "Babel." She has parts in Rian Johnson's con-man movie "The Brothers Bloom," which Summit is releasing in the fall, and the Weinstein Co.'s wartime romance "Shanghai."...
- 8/12/2008
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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