Cannes Film Festival's regular Naomi Kawase will not see her new movie “True Mothers” screened there this year unfortunately, despite being added to the list of 2020 Official Selections, and we will not be able to see it in theatres for a while either, for reasons that we all know, but it will probably be present in many line-ups of the new post-summer round of Festivals.
Synopsis
Based on Mizuki Tsujimura's novel of the same name, “True Mothers” follows the story of Kiyokazu Kurihara and Satoko, a married couple struggling with infertility and trying every medical help in order to conceive biologically. However, after a long stream of unsuccessful attempts, the couple decides to adopt the child Asato instead. Then, six years later a woman comes into their lives and introduces herself as Hikari Katakura, She claims to be Asato's biological mother and extorts them for money.
The film stars Arata Iura, Hiromi Nagasaku, Aju Makita, Miyoko Asada, Taketo Tanaka, and Ren Komai.
About the director
Born and raised in Nara, Kawase graduated from Visual Arts Osaka in 1989. Her films received many international recognitions and awards and her love affair with Cannes and France started with her very first feature, “Suzaku” in 1997, when she became the youngest filmmaker to receive the Camera d'Or. At the Fesitival de Cannes, she has also won the Grand Prix with “The Mourning Forest“, the Carrosse d'Or in 2009, and also served as one of the jurors for the competition in 2013. In 2015, she was bestowed with the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture. In 2017, “Radiance” was selected as one of the competition films and given Ecumenical Jury awards.
