Le Studio’s theme for 2017 is “The Sense of Object.” In October and November, we present a special two-month autumn program focusing on food, clothing and shelter.
In any era of history, objects relating to food, clothing, and shelter, and our thoughts and memories of them, are central to human experience. Scenes where familiar and intimate aspects of everyday life are shown in rich and revelatory light can be among the greatest thrills of cinema. For this film series, we have selected masterworks that vividly portray people in the midst of changing times.
All About Our House depicts drama stirred by differences in age and taste, which come to light when people build a home. In Les Adieux à la reine, the audience is transported to the eve of the French Revolution by recreated costumes and lifestyles of the French court. And in Eat Drink Man Woman, the dinner table conveys not only the flavor of everyday life but also the changing way men and women relate in contemporary society.
We are sure you will enjoy each of these films in which food, clothing and shelter are central themes.
October 1st – 14th All About Our House
©2001 フジテレビ 東宝
2001 / Japan / 115min / Color / 35mm
Director and Writer: Koki Mitani
Production: Masaki Miyauchi, Hideyuki Takai
Executive Producer: Takashi Ishihara, Hisao Masuda
Producers: Kanjiro Sakura, Yumiko Kuga, Ymiko Shigeoka
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Cinematography: Kenji Takama
Art Director: Fumio Ogawa
Editor: Soichi Ueno
Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kunie Tanaka, Naoki Tanaka, Akiko Yagi
Television screenwriter Naosuke and his wife Tamiko aspire to build their own home, and the story begins with them buying some land in the suburbs. Tamiko dreams of a stylish house, and hires her old college friend Yanagisawa, a cutting-edge interior designer, while the builder is her father, master carpenter Choichiro. The two soon begin butting heads, as Yanagisawa popular and prideful designer who tries to make open feeling modernist house, while the stubborn, straight-arrow Choichiro is a traditionalist who tries to build a sturdy old-fashioned Japanese house. As the conflict between the mismatched collaborators intensifies, husband and wife are beset by unforeseen and unimaginable troubles.
A charmingly idiosyncratic cast delivers this family comedy based on esteemed director Mitani’s actual experiences.
October 15th – November 12th Les Adieux à la reine
©2012 GMT PRODUCTIONS – LES FILMS DU LENDEMAIN – MORENA FILMS – FRANCE 3 CINEMA – EURO MEDIA FRANCE – INVEST IMAGE
2012 / France, Spain / 100min / Color / Blu-ray
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Producers: Jean-Pierre Guérin, Kristina Larsen, Pedro Uriol
Writers: Gilles Taurand, Benoît Jacquot, Chantal Thomas
Cinematography: Romain Winding
Music: Bruno Coulais
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois
The French Revolution has broken out. At the Palace of Versailles, people are spending their day in elegance and comfort, unaware of the unrest in the streets. Maidservant Sidonie, whose duty is to read aloud to Queen Marie Antoinette, is devoted to her mistress and delighted to be by her side.
After the storming of the Bastille, Marie Antoinette is on top of the list of people sentenced to death. The Duchess of Polignac is an adored favorite of the Queen, who orders Sidonie to disguise herself as the Duchess to help the latter escape…
With 18th-century costumes exquisitely reproduced based on rigorous research, this ambitious film was shot on location at the Palace of Versailles, and thrillingly immerses the audience in the period.
November 18th – November 26th Eat Drink Man Woman
©Central Pictures Corporation
1994 / Taiwan / 124min / Color / Blu-ray
Director and Writer: Ang Lee
Co-writers: Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus
Cinematography: Jong Lin
Music: Mader
Editor: Tim Squyres
Producers: Feng-Chyt Jiang, Kong Hsu, Li-Kong Hsu
Cast: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Chien-Lien Wu, Yu-Wen Wang, Yu-Wen Wang
A chef at Taiwan’s most luxurious hotel has raised three daughters as a single father. On Sunday evenings the four of them always gather around the table for Dad’s home-cooked dinners, but the daughters pick at their food and the mood is glum. The eldest is a high school teacher and coward in matters of the heart, the beautiful and brilliant second daughter works for an airline, and the youngest is a still-innocent university student. All three have their minds elsewhere, as love comes into their lives, and one by one they take flight from the family nest.
Eating can bring people the utmost joy and pleasure. In this film, which put director Ang Lee on the map, stunning culinary creations convey the power of dining as a ritual, and act as counterpoint to the three lovely daughters’ romantic awakenings.
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