Vision

Vision (2018)

ビジョン

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.

Date of release
2018-06-08
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Naomi Kawase

Casting

Interesting facts

Vision is a 2018 drama film directed by Naomi Kawase from her own script. It stars Juliette Binoche and Masatoshi Nagase, with Takanori Iwata, Minami, Mirai Moriyama in supporting roles.The film tells the story of a French woman who goes to look for vision, the plant she hears legends about, in an ancient forest of Japan. There she meets Tomo, and starts a story with him that crosses cultures and languages.

Production

The film started shooting in September 2017 and was shot for two and a half weeks in September before it resumed shooting in November. The film was tailored to suit Binoche's schedule. When it transpired that she would be available during September and November, Kawase opted to write a story that was split into two halves.

Kawase and Binoche first met at an official dinner at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, and Kawase recalled that "the moment I met her, I knew I wanted to work with her." The project of the two working together was accelerated by Paris-based production company founder Marianne Slot, who was seated next to Kawase at a dinner at 2017's Cannes Festival, and their discussion led to a decision in June for Slot Machine and Kawase's production house Kum…

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