Event

Half Life in Fukushima

Fri May 04: 7.30pm
Sat May 05: 4.15pm, 7.15pm
Sun May 06: 7.15pm
Wed May 09: 7.15pm
Thu May 10: 7.00pm

Mark Olexa & Francesca Scalisi
Switzerland, France & Japan
2016
1h 1m

About
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake followed by a tsunami near the shores of Japan triggered Fukushimas nuclear disaster. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, the whole population was evacuated leaving a city empty of its people except for Naoto Matsumura and his father.

Naoto keeps on feeding his cattle, taking care of his fields and observing road traffic rules, regardless of the fact that he is the only one on the road. Meanwhile, the government carries on its vain attempt to decontaminate the area: each time the wind blows, toxic particles are being spread elsewhere on the soil. In this deserted land where vegetation gradually invades the landscape, Half Life reminds us of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film in which the main (and only) protagonist, Naoto, would be the last man of Fukushima.