Hanami

by Denise Fernandes

Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde, 2024

96′, color, 1.85

o.v. Cape Verdean Creole / Japanese / French / English 

produced by Alina Film, O Som e a Fúria

in co-production with ventura film, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

 

On a remote volcanic island from which everyone wants to leave, Nana learns to stay.

Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left shortly after her birth.

When Nana comes down with a high fever, she is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment.

There, she encounters a world suspended between dreams and reality. Years later, when Nana is a teenager, Nia returns

 

with

SANAYA ANDRADE

DAÍLMA MENDES

ALICE DA LUZ

NHA NHA RODRIGUES

JOÃO “GALINHA” MENDES

YUTA NAKANO

 

 

director: DENISE FERNANDES

screenplay: DENISE FERNANDES, TELMO CHURRO

cinematography: ALANA MEJÍA GONZÁLEZ

editing: SELIN DETTWILER

music: RAHEL ZIMMERMANN

art direction: MATHÉ

costumes: SILVIA GRABOWSKI

sound: HENRI MAÏKOFF

sound editing and mix: ETIENNE CURCHOD

 

producers: EUGENIA MUMENTHALER, DAVID EPINEY, LUIS URBANO, SANDRO AGUILAR

co-producers: ELDA GUIDINETTI, ALESSANDRO MARCIONNI