TOKYO SONATA
Fri June 26 – Mon July 6
Fri: 6:30 & 8:45 pm, Sat: 2:00, 4:15 & 6:30 pm, Sun: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30 & 8:45 pm, Mon: 6:30 & 8:45 pm, Tues: 6:30 & 8:45 pm, Weds: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30 pm & 8:45 pm, Fri (Jul 3): 8:30 pm, Sat (Jul 4): 8:30 pm, Sun (Jul 5): 8:30 pm, Mon (Jul 6): 6:30 pm

Dir:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa // Japan 2008 // 119 min // 35mm // Cast: Yu Koyanagi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kyoko Koizumi, Kai Inowaki  // BUY TICKETS

“In Tokyo Sonata, filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa - no relation to Akira - composes an extraordinary work in three movements about the Sasakis, a seemingly ordinary family. In this unpredictable work, the clan implodes, explodes, and glues itself back together." — Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

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LET IT RAIN
Parlez-moi de la pluie
Fri July 3 – Mon July 6
Fri: 6:30 pm, Sat: 2:00, 4:00 & 6:30 pm, Sun: 2:00, 4:00 & 6:30 pm, Mon: 8:45 pm

Dir:  Agnes Jaoui // France 2008 // 95  min // 35mm // In French with English subtitles // BUY TICKETS

The third film from the husband-and-wife, actor-writer-director team Agnes Jaoui and Jean Pierre Bacri, this gentle, rather sad ensemble comedy negotiates similar terrain to The Taste of Others (Le gout des autres) and especially their previous VIFF favourite, Look At Me (Comme une image)...more info + tickets