Filmmatinée in Zürich

in Zusammenarbeit mit der Japanischen Botschaft Bern
„Éclair (Éclair, okashi hôrôki)
Drama von Akio KONDO, Japan, Mai 2011, 107 Min., J (Englische Untertitel)
Losing his parents at a very early age, Akio was sent to an orphanage. He is a quitter, never being able to stay in one place, attempts to escape so many times and finally he ends up being sent to a reformatory. It was 1943 when the dark shadow of the war was sneaking up and about to change everything and lead him to such a vagrant life. Many encounters throughout the difficult time, likes of detective Toyama who saved him from hunger by giving a sweet pastry, the White Satan at the reformatory, his foster mother Fusano, Tomiko from the cinema and people from the itinerant company…. but the only thing to keep him going amongst everything was “Sweets & Girls (お菓子と娘)”, the song Yoko, who was a teacher of the orphanage, sang to him. No matter what happens to him, thinking about sweets and singing the song somehow give him the power to live…
“Éclair” was shot in autumn 2010, in Ishinomaki-city and other places in Miyagi prefecture. The beautiful nature and the many historical buildings in the film, such as the old theater, were all swept away by the tsunami. Many people and extras who offered their services free of charge for the filming of this drama now suffer from the disasters. Watching this film will help to encourage the many people who worked to film “Éclair”.