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Kino: A MISSING PART
France/Belgium 2024; Directed by Guillaume Senez; Cast: Romain Duris, Judith Chemla, Mei Cirne-Masuki, among others; Running time: 98 min; French/Japanese with German subtitles
Day after day, the Frenchman Jay drives a taxi through Tokyo in the hope of finding his daughter Lily again. Since the separation nine years ago, he has not seen her; Japanese family law prevented any contact. Just as he is about to give up and return to France, a girl gets into his taxi. In her, Jay suddenly believes he recognizes Lily…
Guillaume Senez refers to the Japanese “continuation” rule, according to which only the parent with whom the child lives is granted custody—often without any possibility of visitation rights for the other parent.
Day after day, the Frenchman Jay drives a taxi through Tokyo in the hope of finding his daughter Lily again. Since the separation nine years ago, he has not seen her; Japanese family law prevented any contact. Just as he is about to give up and return to France, a girl gets into his taxi. In her, Jay suddenly believes he recognizes Lily…
Guillaume Senez refers to the Japanese “continuation” rule, according to which only the parent with whom the child lives is granted custody—often without any possibility of visitation rights for the other parent.
