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Cottontail

Patrick Dickinson | 2023 | 94 MINS
UK/Japan | Some Subtitles
A widower from Japan travels with his estranged son to England in order to fulfil his late wife’s dying wish.

In Detail

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo (Lily Franky) and his son Toshi (Ryô Nishikido) receive an unexpected letter from beyond the grave.

Akiko (Yuri Tsunematsu), their wife and mother, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child - Lake Windermere in England. Surprised by this unexpected request, the two men, along with Toshi's wife Satsuki (Rin Takanashi) and young daughter Emi, travel together to England from Tokyo to fulfil Akiko's final wish.

With little knowledge of where he is going and barely any English, Kenzaburo abandons his family in London and heads to the Lake District on his own with Akiko's ashes, where he stumbles onto the doorstep of a farmer, John (Ciarán Hinds), and his daughter Mary (Aoife Hinds).

With their help, Kenzaburo is finally able to set course once again toward Lake Windermere. But his true journey toward forgiveness and reconciliation will prove the hardest of all. Some beautiful cinematography and a great lead performance from Franky make this a very satisfying watch.

Please note that there is no subtitled for the hard of hearing version available, as printed in the brochure.

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