Part of the 2018 season: (Un)true Colours
Oh Lucy!
Director Atsuko Hirayanagi
Cast Cast: Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, Kaho Minami, Koji Yakusho, Shori Kutsuna
(Oh Lucy!, オー・ルーシー!)
Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) is a 55-year-old office drone, depressed, lovelorn and chain-smoking her way to an early grave. One day, Setsuko finds salvation in the form of John, a teacher in a run-down Tokyo English school who has a rather unorthodox approach to education which includes giving Setsuko the English name “Lucy”. Knowing that John has abruptly left Tokyo to return home, Setsuko sets off to the States on a journey of discovery…
An East-meets-West comedy by Atsuko Hirayanagi premiered at Cannes Critic Week features star-studded cast including Shinobu Terajima and American actor Josh Hartnett.
2017/95 min/English Subtitles
オー・ルーシー!
満たされない日々を過ごしていた40代独身OL の節子は、あるきっかけで怪しげな英会話教室に通いだす。米国人講師のジョンに、金髪のカツラとルーシーという名前を与えられた節子は、授業中は明るくフレンドリーな「米国人ルーシー」として振る舞うよう言われる。ルーシーを演じるうちに、次第に本来の自分を再発見していく40代女性の等身大の姿を、コミカルに描いたドラマ。
監督: 平柳敦子
出演: 寺島しのぶ、ジョシュ・ハートネット、南果歩
(Special thanks to Eikoku News Digest)
Past screenings
- Watershed Saturday 3 February, 15:00
- Firstsite Saturday 3 February, 15:00
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Wednesday 7 February, 20:45
- QUAD Sunday 11 February, 16:10
- Showroom Cinema Thursday 15 February, 18:15
- Dundee Contemporary Arts Sunday 25 February, 21:00
- Queen's Film Theatre Sunday 4 March, 15:45
- Midlands Arts Centre Saturday 10 March, 18:00
- Broadway Friday 16 March, 20:30
- Exeter Phoenix Tuesday 20 March, 19:30
- Brewery Arts Cinema Thursday 22 March, 20:15
- Macrobert Arts Centre Monday 26 March, 19:30
All films in this season
- Gukoroku - Traces of Sin
- Japanese Girls Never Die
- The Dark Maidens
- The Long Excuse
- Oh Lucy!
- Initiation Love
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
- Memoirs of a Murderer
- Sing My Life
- Birds Without Names
- After School
- Sword of the Stranger
- Room for Let
- Joy of Man's Desiring
- Where I Belong
- MUMON: The Land of Stealth