The Night I Swam

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The Night I Swam
International poster
Japanese name
Kanji泳ぎすぎた夜
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnOyogi sugita yoru
Directed by
Produced by
  • Martin Bertier
  • Damien Manivel
Starring
  • Takara Kogawa
  • Keiki Kogawa
  • Takashi Kogawa
  • Chisato Kogawa
CinematographyWataru Takahashi
Edited byWilliam Laboury
Music byJérôme Petit
Production
companies
  • MLD Films
  • Shellac
  • Nobo (JP)
Distributed by
  • Shellac Distribution
  • Tycoon Distribuzione
Release dates
  • 5 September 2017 (2017-09-05) (Venice)
  • 24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) (Japan)
Running time
79 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Japan
Box officeUS$20,440[1]

The Night I Swam (Japanese: 泳ぎすぎた夜, Hepburn: Oyogi sugita yoru, French: Takara, la nuit où j'ai nagé) is a 2017 French-Japanese co-production drama film directed by Kohei Igarashi and Damien Manivel. The film was featured at a number of International Film Festivals during its release, including the Febiofest film festival in Prague 2018,[2] the Sofia Film Festival [3] and the BUFF film Festival [4]

Plot[edit]

A 6-year-old boy is awoken one night by his fisherman father heading to work. Finding it impossible to fall back to sleep, he draws a picture which he then slips into his satchel. On his way to school next morning, still drowsy, he wanders off the path and ends up lost in the snow. The boy gets on a train, ending up in a big city, and endeavours to find his way home.[5]

Cast[edit]

  • Takara Kogawa as Little Boy
  • Keiki Kogawa as sister
  • Takashi Kogawa as Father
  • Chisato Kogawa as Mother

Production[edit]

The film was shot in location in Aomori, Japan, as a French-Japanese co-production. The film had no actual dialogue, with only the sounds of the actions of the main character.

Festivals and awards[edit]

The film featured at a number of festivals including:

The film was nominated for a number of awards, winning one:

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2017 Venice Film Festival Orizzonti awards The Night I Swam Nominated [8][9]
2017 Tokyo Filmex Student Jury Prize The Night I Swam Won [10]
2018 International Film Festival for Children and Youth Golden Butterfly for Best Feature Film Screenplay Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Night I Swam". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Febiofest, Prague International Film Festival-. "The Night I Swam". Prague International Film Festival - Febiofest. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b THE NIGHT I SWAM, retrieved 20 September 2021
  4. ^ a b Buff. "The Night I Swam". BUFF Malmö. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The Night I Swam: A little boy and a great journey". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ The Night I Swam, retrieved 29 January 2022
  7. ^ Son Bong-seok (17 August 2022). "'제 27회 부산국제영화제' 차세대 일본감독 10명 작품 특별상영" [Special screening of the works of 10 next-generation Japanese directors at 'The 27th Busan International Film Festival']. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. ^ Anderson, Ariston (27 July 2017). "Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2017 - Orizzonti". labiennale.org. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  10. ^ "TOKYO FILMeX 2017 Awards". TOKYO FILMeX. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

External links[edit]

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