A delightful and cheerful interview recorded in the Mamounia about Élise Girard‘s beautifully written, shot, and interpreted third feature film with the director and her lead actress Isabelle Huppert, where we discuss the many nuances of the eponymous character, the precision of the writing, Japan, body language, the magnificent love scene, strength and fragility, handbag holding, burlesque elements, ghosts, the visible and the invisible, amongst many other things.
“Sidonie in Japan” world premiered at the Giornate degli Autori. It was presented in Marrakech amongst the Special Screenings.Sidonie in Japan
Plot
Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer, is mourning her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for a new edition of her first book, she is welcomed by her local editor, who takes her to Kyoto, the city of shrines and temples. As they travel together through the spring blossoms, she slowly opens up to him. But the ghost of her husband follows Sidonie: she will have to let go of the past to allow herself to love again.