An actress is sexually abused by a film director and left shaken. Her brother, a human rights lawyer, suggests letting it go because of lack of evidence. She eventually drifts into a women’s safe place called Blue Imagine. There she finds support and meets another actress who was also abused by the same director.
Damning look at the treatment of women in Japan and the film industry in particular. It's a film with a matter of fact and non-histrionic presentation that does more than move the emotions but gets you thinking and seriously considering how we behave.
This is a film which quietly rattled my cage. I can only imagine how this played in Japan.
I'm going to be honest and say that while I really like the film a great deal, I am going to need a second viewing down the road away from the festival crush, and some recent similar incidents that occurred around me where I can more carefully consider the film and it's low key approach. That's not a knock only a suspicion that perhaps on a second viewing this film may kick me to the curb.
Recommended.
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