BIFFF: Shinji Aoyama’s ELI, ELI, LEMA SABACHTHANI?, starring Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaya Na

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Shinji Aoyama’s Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? (Eri Eri rema sabakutani) is scheduled to be screened at the 24th Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (BIFFF) in Belgium on March 20th at 8:30 p.m. (20.30) and March 21st at 10:30 p.m. (22.30). The movie premièred at the Cannes Film Festival, in the section Un Certain Regard, on May 18th of last year. Phantom Film K.K. (K.K. Fantomu Firumu) released it theatrically in Japan on January 28th.

The screenplay for Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? was written by Aoyama. The movie stars Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaya Nakahara, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Masahiro Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, Erika, Yûsuke Kawazu (Kawadu Yûsuke), and Mariko Okada.

Here’s a description of Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? from the English-language page (see below for link) for the movie on the BIFFF website: “AD 2015. The world’s major cities are decimated by a terrible plague, a highly contagious virus that fills those it infects with unbearable dread, then with overwhelming despair. This fatal disease, without a cure, is called the Lemming Syndrome. In an isolated country mansion, two musicians, Nizui and Asuhara, live in seclusion. They devote themselves to the creation of pure sound, far from the trappings of fame and success they knew in the corrupt and dangerous city. They are visited by an ageing plutocrat, his desperately sick daughter and a detective, who believes that in the music made by Mizui and Asuhara lies the seed of hope that the old man’s daughter can be saved. In the vast, changeless stillness of nature, the musicians begin to play.
Acclaimed director Shinji Aoyama (Eureka, Desert Moon, Mike Yokohama : A Forest With No Name) delights us with this thoughtful foray into science fiction; the title coming from Jesus’ last words on the cross. With the omnipresent and versatile Tadanobu Asano (Ichi The Killer, Electric Dragon 80.000V, Zatoichi) as Mizui. Cinematographer Masaki Tamra’s attractive visuals, from early scenes on a wind-swept beach to empty autumnal landscapes are accompanied by a musical score that could wake up the dead.”

For more information on Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?, see Twitch’s third, second, and first articles on it.

Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? trailer (streaming Windows Media)

Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? official website
BIFFF: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? (English)
Midnight Eye: Review of Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?
Variety: Review of Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?