Spirit World
Synopsis
Elderly Tokyo man Yuzo (Masaaki Sakai) is listening to his favourite French chanteuse, Claire (Deneuve), when he abruptly passes away. In an ironic twist, his idol soon after joins him in death when she dies after a sold-out farewell concert in Tokyo. Navigating new spiritual borderlands, these two souls understand each other perfectly. They must help each other through confusion and regret as they follow Yuzo’s son, a depressed filmmaker (Yutaka Takenouchi), on a coastal road trip. Grounded by the warm chemistry between Sakai and Deneuve, stalwart Singaporean director Eric Khoo’s whimsical tale shepherds viewers on a journey of loss, art that moves us and unexpected bonds that pierce the mortal veil.
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Special Guests
Eric Khoo is an award-winning Singaporean filmmaker. Helming Zhao Wei Films, Khoo is credited with reviving Singapore's film industry with debut feature Mee Pok Man (1995), which went on to screen at several international film festivals, including Toronto, Busan, Berlin, Telluride, Venice, and Cannes. Khoo's second film, 12 Storeys, made history by premiering in the Uncertain Regard section of the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. His film Be With Me opened the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 2005, while his fourth feature, My Magic (2008), earned a Cannes Palme d'Or nomination.
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