After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her before he died that he finally founded peace there thanks to a certain Daïsuké. Following his footsteps, Alice will in fact find herself, in a strange and hostile but warm place.
Cinematography
Cliffside village frames loneliness as beautiful geography.
Acting
Carré's silence speaks entire conversations she can't have.
Direction
D'Alcantara lets Japan feel foreign without exoticizing it.
Director
Vanja D'Alcantara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jun Kunimura (Daïsuké) is a Kurosawa regular who typically plays yakuza heavies; this gentle role was deliberate subversion.
The film's Japanese title こころ references Natsume Sōseki's novel about egoism and isolation—Alice never reads it, but lives it.
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