Screening
Cinemes Girona
09-11-2025 / 18:00 h.
Film Information
Year: 2024
Duration: 102
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Yoji is a Japanese office worker living in Tokyo. He is a rootless and lonely man who needs to break free from his isolation and the way of life to which he feels condemned in Japan. The chance to travel to the Philippines through a casual encounter with Minerva, a migrant worker, radically changes his life, restoring his enthusiasm and zest for living in a world that feels more authentic, where communication is much more genuine. In her, Yoji finds a soulmate and even a vital guide.
Director
Janus Victoria is a writer and director from Manila who began her career making documentaries for Philippine television. Her first short film, Hopia Express (2006), won the Best Short Film Award at the 2006 Cinemanila International Film Festival. Her documentary short Encounters with Silence (2017) was screened at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea. With her debut feature film, Diamonds on the Sand (2024), nominated for Best Screenplay at the White Mulberry Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2025, she made her big-screen debut.
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