“UNCLE Vanya”

Production & Distribution: K-zone | 5 min | Color | 16:9 | 2K | Stereo

Synopsis:
Decades after the canceled play “The Forgery: Lord of the Forest,” an actress (Mayu Tsuruta) opens an old mimeographed script and recalls the past. Playing a cassette tape, the voice of a young woman (Maika Hara) is heard reading lines:
“…Uncle Vanya, let us live. Day after endless day. Night after night, unsure when it will open again, let us live through it…”
She recalls reading lines alone in an empty theater after the cancellation. The beautiful words from Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya gently bridge past and present.

Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Editing: Kentaro Kishi
Original Work: Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya (Translation by Kiyoshi Kanzai, Aozora Bunko)

Cast:
Mayu Tsuruta
Maika Hara
Fukiko Hara
Mirei Tanaka
Sojin Li
Aya Sakura
Niky Kondo

Film Festivals:

• Yamagata International Film Festival (2020, Corona Section)
  Festival Link