The Sleeping Flower

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Format: 16mm
Fassung: OF
Laufzeit in Minuten: 7
Farbe: Farbe
Ton: Lichtton Mono
Bildformat: 1:1,37
Bilder pro Sekunde : 24
Länge in Meter: 70,1
Anzahl Akte: 1
Materialart: Positiv

“Close your eyes, Grandma! Close your eyes, please.”
“Am I dying? I don’t want to be like a dead.”
This is a talk between an old woman, the main role, and her grandchild (director herself)
during shooting. A fictitious funeral of the grandmother who will die someday is held.
She is buried in white paper flowers with her eyes closed, but she is alive. However, her
sleeping face seen in her daily life is the very image of death.
A daily talk by three women from different generations, a grandchild, her
grandmother and her mother develops from a trivial one to a serious theme of death in
whispers.
“Are you scared of death, Grandma?”
”Never! I am just wondering why I live so long.”
Japan
1991
Japanisch