Cherry Blossoms

Original Title|Cherry Blossoms

11" | 2012 (Draft)

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Carly, who translates from Japanese in the European Parliament, becomes fascinated by the punkish sub-culture.

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Carly works late in the European Parliament, but wants to prepare a documentary about Japanese subcultures. Carly translates monotonously from Japanese, but more and more she becomes attracted by the punk looking girls being interviewed. An actress plays the role of Carly, but the interviews with the Japanese girls are documentary footage shot by An van Dienderen in Harajuku, Tokyo. This minimalist portrait reflects the complexities of translation in the European Parliament, the only place worldwide where all the texts used and produced are translated daily into as many as 23 languages.
Carly travaille tard le soir dans un cabinet de traduction, l’un des nombreux cabinets situés dans l’un des sombres halls pléniers du Parlement européen. Elle veut y préparer la traduction d’un documentaire japonais qui parle de la subculture japonaise. Sans intérêt particulier pour le sujet, Carly traduit continuellement à partir du japonais. Cependant, bien qu’au début elle travaille automatiquement en se concentrant uniquement sur la traduction, dirigeant son regard vers le drapeau européen placé au milieu du hall, de plus en plus, elle se sent attirée et s’intéresse à la jeune fille punk qui est interviewée.

Credits

Sound
Laszlo Umbreit

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Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Experimental
Genre
Year of production

2012
Production status
Draft
Original title
Cherry Blossoms
Original language
English, Japanese

Technical specs

Running time
11"
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
Stereo (2.0)
Colour
Colour

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2014: 'Grenzen/loos' expo - Emergent Veurne (BE)
2013: Festival des Films de Femmes - Le Créteil, Paris (FR), 'The politics and Poetics of Documentary Film' research symposium Helsinki (FI), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), Tok Toc Knock Festival Brussels (BE), Festival Back-up