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Ashes
Ashes
8.0
/10
40 Ratings

ASHES

Cendres

Directed by Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
France, Senegal, 2013
Documentary

Synopsis

Gifted with an odd heritage, Akiko goes back to Japan, following her mother’s footsteps, a film star from the 70s. Among her Japanese family, she discovers an intimate land, laden with secrets, where she belongs even without her knowing. There begins a mother-daughter dialogue that goes across time.

Synopsis

Gifted with an odd heritage, Akiko goes back to Japan, following her mother’s footsteps, a film star from the 70s. Among her Japanese family, she discovers an intimate land, laden with secrets, where she belongs even without her knowing. There begins a mother-daughter dialogue that goes across time.