Damien Manivel
Kohei IGARASHI
The Night I Swam
泳ぎすぎた夜
Nippon Visions ½
For six-year-old Takara, the way home from school turns into an unexpected odyssey in Japan’s snowiest region, Aomori. In their first film together, Damien Manivel and Kohei IGARASHI have created a simple, bewitchingly beautiful masterpiece that successfully oscillates between poetry, melancholy, and humor.
泳ぎすぎた夜
Oyogisugita yoru
Japan, France 2017
78 minutes
Director
Damien Manivel, Kohei IGARASHI
Script
Damien Manivel, Kohei IGARASHI
Cinematography
Wataru TAKAHASHI
Music
Jérôme Petit
Production
MLD Films, Nobo, Shellac
World sales
Shellac
Cast
Takara KOGAWA, Keiki KOGAWA, Takashi KOGAWA, Chisato KOGAWA
About Damien Manivel
Damien Manivel’s feature film debut A YOUNG POET received the Special Mention at Locarno Film Festival in 2014. His second feature film THE PARK premiered at Cannes in 2016.
About Kohei IGARASHI
Kohei IGARASHI directed his first feature film, VOICE OF RAIN THAT COMES AT NIGHT, in 2008. His final year student film HOLD YOUR BREATH LIKE A LOVER was selected in competition at Locarno Festival 2014.