Part of the 2020 season: Happiness is A State of Mind

The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

Director TSUTSUMI Yukihiko

Cast
Cast: SHINOHARA Ryoko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro

(Ningyo no nemuru ie,  人魚の眠る家)

UK Premiere

Teetering on the edge of divorce, a couple is faced with tragedy when their daughter becomes brain dead with little chance of recovery following an accident. Confronted by an impossible decision, the parents must seek alternative solutions in a bid to keep her alive…

2018/120 min/English Subtitles

Past screenings

  • ICA Sunday 9 February, 18:20
  • QUAD Saturday 22 February, 20:35
  • Watershed Sunday 23 February, 14:00
  • Firstsite Monday 16 March, 19:30