Tokyo Fiancée is a 2014 Belgian romance-drama film written and directed by Stefan Liberski. It is based on Amélie Nothomb's 2007 autographical novel of the same name. The movie tells the story of a 21-year-old Belgian woman, Amélie (Pauline Étienne), who has a romance with Rinri (Taichi Inoue), a young Japanese man in Tokyo. She met him when she offered French language tutoring services through a bulletin board. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It received three nominations at the 5th Magritte Awards.[4][5][6]
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Stefan Liberski |
| Written by | Stefan Liberski |
| Produced by | Jacques-Henri Bronckart Olivier Bronckart |
| Starring | Pauline Étienne Taichi Inoue Julie Le Breton |
| Cinematography | Hichame Alaouié |
| Edited by | Frédérique Broos |
| Music by | Casimir Liberski |
| Distributed by | O'Brother Distribution |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Belgium |
| Languages | French Japanese |
| Budget | €3.1 million[1] |
| Box office | $167,230[2] |
Plot edit
Amélie (Pauline Étienne) is a Japanese-born woman who left at age five and grew up in Europe. At age 20, she decided to return to Japan to reconnect with the Japanese culture. She moves to a small apartment in Tokyo. To make a living, she puts up a poster offering French language tutoring. A young Japanese man, Rinri (Taichi Inoue), starts taking language lessons with her. The two become romantically involved, and Rinri helps her to learn about Japanese culture by taking her to movies, restaurants and other events. She also takes a trip to Mount Fuji, where she gets lost and survives a cold night in a remote cabin. After the earthquake causes severe damage and loss of life, though, her neighbours and Rinri tell her that she must return to Europe, as the disaster is for Japan to deal with. On the plane, she says that she never saw Rinri again, and that she heard that he had married a Frenchwoman, a general's daughter. As for her, she'll keep that for another time.
Cast edit
- Pauline Étienne as Amélie
- Taichi Inoue as Rinri
- Julie Le Breton as Christine
- Alice de Lencquesaing as Yasmine
- Akimi Ota as Hara
- Hiroki Kageyama as Hiroki
References edit
- ^ "Tokyo Fiancée". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ "Tokyo Fiancée". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Magritte: Pluie de nominations pour les Dardenne et Lucas Belvaux". La Libre Belgique (in French). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "'Tokyo Fiancee': Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ Simon, Alissa (1 October 2014). "Film Review: 'Tokyo Fiancee'". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
