Rookie Competition

Autumn Adagio

JAPAN / 2009 / Video（HD） / 70min / with English subtitles / DONGYU CLUB＆INC

Story: Never looking forward nor pondering the past, Sister Maria plays her weekly hymns on the church organ. Outside, leaves turns dull shades of brown as autumn passes in a silent haze, marking the sister’s fortieth year. Hers is a life peacefully accepted as one devoted to God. With the changing seasons also comes a sense of disquiet within the nun. Old age will approach all too soon. Sister Maria is then drawn into three different encounters with three different men. Each one releases within her a powerful inexperienced response, but these new feelings give her a sense of release. She begins to question her previous conceptions about life and about her own sense of self. Her confusion leads to a newfound openness towards fresh emotions. Sister Maria’s music is played with a new passion and the autumn leaves contain a new vividness of color.

Staff: 〈Producer〉Tsuki Inoue
〈Writter〉Tsuki Inoue
〈Director〉Tsuki Inoue
〈Editer〉Tsuki Inoue
〈Director of photography〉Yosuke Omori
〈JAPAN SALES〉Tsuki Inoue

Profile: Born in 1974 in Kyoto, Japan. Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at Musashino Art University. Her short film, ‘The Woman Who is Beating the Earth’ (2008) won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Festival 2008, won Mentions sp_ciales du Jury International of Palmares National at International Short Film Festival & Market Clermont-Ferrand, and also screened at many other festivals such as the Dubai International Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Her first feature film, ‘Autumn Adagio’ , which was produced with the support from the Yubari International Film Festival, was screened in the Tiger Awards Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010.