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2024 / 113’ / Japan / In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles / Color

☀︎ Venice International Film Festival

☀︎ Toronto International Film Festival

☀︎ New York Film Festival

In near-future Tokyo, a seemingly harmless prank on the principal leads to the installation of an oppressive surveillance system in the school. While the incident awakens high schoolerKou’s political consciousness, his best friend Yuta remains oblivious to the changes around him. Soon, their rift becomes too big to ignore. After directing the transcendent Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus, Neo Sora makes his dramatic feature directorial debut with this socially relevant and melancholic cautionary tale about adolescent bonds and if they can survive the volatility of a tumultuous political and social landscape.

Director: Neo Sora

Cast: Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yuta Hayashi, Ayumu Nakajima, Makiko Watanabe

About the Director

Neo Sora is a filmmaker, artist, and translator living in Tokyo and New York. Neo has directed, shot, and produced short narrative films, documentaries, music videos, fashion spots, and a concert film. In 2015, Neo shot and co-directed an ethnographic documentary and art project entitled Ainu Neno An Ainu, along with artist collective Lunch Bee House, which he is a part of. In 2017, Neo participated in Talents Tokyo 2017 as director. His newest short film, The Chicken, an adaptation of a short story by Naoya Shiga premiered at Locarno International Film Festival 2020 and has subsequently played at New York Film Festival 2020 among others.

About us

The Cinematheque・Passion is located at Travessa da Paixão which is a narrow and romantic bystreet branching off the famous World Heritage Site "Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral" (the "St. Paul's Cathedral Site") in the Historic Centre of Macau. A three-storey building equipped with ticket office, screening room, control room, film information room and exhibition space.
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Opening Hours

Ticket Office Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 11:30 pm
Film Information Room Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Exhibition Space Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
(Closes on Mondays, opens during public holidays.)

Contact us

Phone (+853) 2852 2585
Email cinematheque.passion@gmail.com
Address No. 9-13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau