Kurosawa returns with a relentless remake of one of his greatest films
Shattered by the disappearance of his eight-year-old daughter and a stagnant police investigation, Albert Bacheret sets out to find her with the few leads he has. In his quest, he receives he unexpected help of Sayoko, a mysterious Japanese psychiatrist. Together, they abduct one of the leaders of the “Circle,” a secret society with shady activities. But this inmate is the bearer of different answers than what they were expecting.
A prolific director—three of his films were released in 2024—and an eternal predator of evil—this leitmotiv runs through his work—Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivers a remake of his 2018 thriller, setting the action in France without losing sight of his country of origin, since the most enigmatic character in this new version is a japanese psychiatrist. This stripped-down, chilling variation once again confirms Kurosawa’s talent for depicting the depths of the human soul.
« Souvent à la frontière de ce que l’on pourrait décrire comme des liminal spaces, Kurosawa transporte en France ses obsessions visuelles et met en scène ses personnages dans des hangars désaffectés qui semblent hors de ce monde. »
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Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
Born in Japan in 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa began his career in 1983 with Kandagawa Pervert Wars. His most notable works include Cure (1997), Pulse (2001), winner of the FIPRESCI Award in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, Bright Future (2002), Retribution (2006), Tokyo Sonata (2008), Prix du Jury at Un Certain Regard, and Penance (2012), a mini-series presented at San Sebastián. In 2017, he returned to Un Certain Regard with Before We Vanish, and to Venice in 2020 with Wife of a Spy, for which he won the Award for Best Director.
