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The Whispering Star präsentiert THE WHISPERING STAR ein Film von Sion Sono Kinostart: 26. Mai 2016 Verleih gefördert durch Pressebetreuung Verleih PressePlus Rapid Eye Movies HE GmbH Claudia Göttler Niehler Straße 318 Mozartstr. 15 50735 Köln 50674 Köln Tel: 0221 660 660 88 Tel: 0221 569 579 0 Mobil: 0176 544 076 21 Fax: 0221 569 579 99 [email protected] [email protected] Pressematerial / Informationen Über unsere Homepage www.rapideyemovies.de haben Sie die Möglichkeit, sich Pressematerial herunterzuladen. Sollten Sie Zugangsdaten benötigen, wenden Sie sich bitte an: [email protected]. THE WHISPERING STAR 2 Credits ................................................................................................. 4 Kurzinhalt .......................................................................................... 5 Pressenotiz........................................................................................ 6 Director’s Note ................................................................................ 7 Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Sion Sono ............................. 7 Hauptdarstellerin Megumi Kagurazaka .............................. 10 Kameramann Hideo Yamamoto ............................................. 11 Festivals ........................................................................................... 12 Pressestimmen ............................................................................. 13 THE WHISPERING STAR 3 ........................................................................................................ Credits THE WHISPERING STAR Originaltitel: Hiso Hiso Boshi Japan 2015 ▪ 101 Min. ▪ OmU ▪ 1,85:1 ▪ digital ▪ FSK 0 ▪ Farbe Regie ……………..…………………………..… Sion Sono Buch…………………………………………….. Sion Sono Produktion..………………………………….. Sion Sono Produzenten……………………………........ Izumi Sono, Takeshi Suzuki Kamera ………………………………………... Hideo Yamamoto Licht-Design ………………………………… Akira Ono Tonmischung………………………………… Hajime Komiya Produktionsdesign………………………… Takeshi Shimizu Schnitt………………………………………….. Junichi Ito Kostüm…………………………..………….…. Kazuhiro Sawataishi Produktionsleitung … … ………………… Yu Yamauchi Herstellungsleitung ………………………. Akira Funaki Regieassistenz ……………………………… Shinya Ayabe Darsteller Yoko …………………………………..………….Megumi Kagurazaka in weiteren Rollen …………………………...Kenji Endo, Yûto Ikeda, Kôko Mori und die Einwohner von Namie, Minamisoma und Tomioka, Präfektur Fukushima THE WHISPERING STAR 4 ................................................................................................. Kurzinhalt In einer fernen Zukunft ist der Mensch zu einer gefährdeten Art geworden, achtzig Prozent der Population besteht aus Robotern mit künstlicher Intelligenz. Androide ID 722 Yoko Suzuki ist einer von ihnen. Als Paketbotin reist sie von Stern zu Stern, um den Menschen, die nunmehr an den einsamsten Orten des Universums leben, Pakete mit scheinbar bedeutungslosem Inhalt zu überbringen: ein Hut, ein Stift, ein Zigarettenstummel, eine Fotografie. Alles Erinnerungen an eine längst vergangene Zeit, mit denen Yoko nichts anfangen kann. In ihrem Retro-Raumschiff verbringt sie Tag für Tag im selben Trott und braucht oft Jahre, um auch nur ein einzelnes ihrer Pakete zu überbringen. Auf ihrer Suche nach den einsamen Seelen, für die die Pakete bestimmt sind, wandert sie durch trostlose, verlassene Landschaften zu den Menschen, die darauf ewig zu warten scheinen. THE WHISPERING STAR 5 ............................................................................................... Pressenotiz THE WHISPERING STAR könnte einen Wendepunkt in Sion Sonos Filmschaffen markieren. Erstmals übt sich einer der anarchischsten Maximalisten des japanischen Kinos in Langsamkeit. Als beinahe meditative Erfahrung und melancholische Abhandlung über die Zeit schließt sich THE WHISPERING STAR an die philosophische Tradition des Science-Fiction Films an. Mit der Auslotung der Gegenpole von Fortschritt und Rückschritt in einer dystopischen Zukunft, die durch ihre retro-futuristische Gestaltung gar nicht so weit entfernt erscheint, stellt sich Sono dabei in eine Reihe mit Großmeistern des Genres wie Stanley Kubrick oder Andrej Tarkowskij. Die Drehorte nahe der evakuierten Gegend von Fukushima, dem Ort des katastrophalen Atomunglücks von 2011, verleihen dem Film seine gespenstische Aktualität. Die Cameos ehemaliger Einwohner der Gegend und Opfer der Katastrophe stärken das Bild einer zersplitterten, zutiefst einsamen Menschheit, deren Untergang bereits angelegt ist und geben dem Film seine soziale und politische Relevanz, die weit über das Genre Science-Fiction hinausreicht. Nicht zu Unrecht sind die Einzigen, denen im Vorspann gedankt wird, die Städte und Einwohner der Präfektur Fukushima. THE WHISPERING STAR ist Science-Fiction und Gegenwartsdrama, Philosophie und Genre, Meditation und Hilfeschrei zugleich. Ein wichtiger Film, dessen nachdenklicher Ton lange im Ohr der Zuschauer nachhallt. Mit The WHISPERING STAR setzt Rapid Eye Movies die langjährige Herausbringung von Sion Sonos Filmen fort. Nach EXTE – HAIR EXTENSIONS, STRANGE CIRCUS, LOVE EXPOSURE, COLD FISH, GUILTY OF ROMANCE und TOKYO TRIBE ist THE WHISPERING STAR bereits der siebte Film von Sono und der erste seiner eigenen Produktionsfirma Sion Productions im Programm von Rapid Eye Movies. THE WHISPERING STAR 6 ........................................................................................ Director’s Note Dieser Film ist ein kleines Gedicht, das ich über das Verblassen von Erinnerungen geschrieben habe. Ein Gebet für die Menschen auf der Erde, deren Leben täglich unter Bedrohung stehen. Ich ließ den Film in einer weit entfernten Zukunft spielen, in der nach Kriegen, Naturkatastrophen und Unglücken aus Menschenhand, nur noch wenige Menschen übrig geblieben sind. Roboter mit künstlicher Intelligenz dominieren das Universum, da ihre Zahl mit dem Niedergang der menschlichen Rasse gestiegen ist. Menschen führen ein inselartiges Leben in kleinen Siedlungen, die über das ganze Universum verstreut liegen. Einige von ihnen landeten in ihren gegenwärtigen Siedlungen, nachdem sie aus ihrem Heimatland evakuiert wurden oder sie ihr Heim verloren hatten. Alles was ihnen geblieben ist sind ihre Erinnerungen. Ein Paketdienst von Robotern verpflegt die Melancholie der Menschen, indem er sie mit Erinnerungsstücken beliefert. Die Hauptfigur Yoko ist eine dieser alterslosen Kuriere, die von Stern zu Stern reisen, um Pakete an Menschen zu liefert. In einem Paket befindet sich eine Fotografie, in einem anderen Paket sind Milchzähne, während ein wieder anderes ein seltsames, handgezeichnetes Porträt beinhaltet… Die Bedeutung und der Zweck dieser Objekte bleiben dem Roboter verborgen, dennoch erfüllt Yoko ihre Aufgabe, ohne sie zu hinterfragen, selbst wenn es Jahre dauert eine Fotografie zuzustellen und Jahre, die anderen Pakete auszuliefern. ...................................... Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Sion Sono Sion Sono ist ein für seine Exzentrik und seine poetischen Spielarten gefeierter japanischer Regisseur, Autor und Poet. 1961 in der Präfektur Aichi geboren, begann seine berufliche Laufbahn als Dichter, bevor er als Filmregisseur tätig wurde: Bereits im Alter von 17 Jahren verfasste er experimentelle Gedichte. Als Student drehte er eine Reihe von Kurzfilmen auf Super 8 und verließ nach kurzer Zeit die Universität. Sein Debütfilm, ein 30-minütiger Kurzfilm mit dem Titel I AM SION SONO! wurde 1985 auf dem PIA Filmfestival in Tokio aufgeführt. In dem Film rezitiert Sion Sono in 30 Minuten seine Gedichte. 1987 lief sein Film A MAN’S HANAMICHI auf dem PIA Filmfestival im Wettbewerb und gewann den Hauptpreis. THE WHISPERING STAR 7 1990 brachte Sono einen ersten Spielfilm heraus, der weltweit auf zahlreichen Festivals gezeigt wurde. THE ROOM, sein zweiter Spielfilm, gewann den Preis der Jury beim Sundance Filmfestival 1992 in Tokio. 1997 inszenierte er ein Guerilla-Straßenpoesie-Projekt, TOKYO GAGAGA, das für Furore sorgte und über das anschließend sogar ein Buch veröffentlicht wurde. Sein Spielfilm SUICIDE CLUB manifestierte im Jahre 2001 seinen Ruf als Enfant terrible und Kultregisseur des japanischen Films. SUICIDE CLUB zeigt eine Welle von Selbstmorden, die sich scheinbar zusammenhanglos in Japan ereignen, und die Bemühungen der Polizei, ein Motiv für das seltsame Verhalten zu finden. Er erzielte auf Filmfestivals rund um die Welt Aufmerksamkeit für seine umstrittene Thematik und blutige Umsetzung. Auf den Film folgten ein Roman, ein Manga sowie der Folgefilm, NORIKO’S DINNER TABLE, der die Geschichte mehrerer Nebencharaktere von SUICIDE CLUB erzählt. Im selben Jahr erschien auch STRANGE CIRCUS, der auf der Berlinale 2006 den Zuschauerpreis gewann. Sein Spielfilm EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS wurde 2007 auf dem New York Asian Film Festival und vielen anderen Festivals gezeigt. Mit LOVE EXPOSURE erschien 2008 der erste Teil von Sonos’ HASS-TRILOGIE, der 2009 den Agnes-B-Zuschauerpreis beim 9. Filmex Festival in Tokio gewann. Das 237-minütige Mammutwerk wurde außerdem auf der 59. Berlinale gezeigt, wo es den Caligari Filmpreis sowie den Preis der Vereinigung der Kritiker erhielt. Als zweiter Teil folgte COLD FISH (2010), der unter anderem auf Filmfestivals in Venedig, Toronto und Pusan zu sehen war und den CASA-Preis für den besten asiatischen Film beim internationalen Filmfestival in Sitges 2010 gewann. Mit GUILTY OF ROMANCE (2011) schloss der Regisseur seine Trilogie ab und widmete sich ganz dem Spiel mit den sozialen Zwängen, welchen seine drei weiblichen Hauptfiguren durch das Diktat des Patriarchats
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