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  • 2023
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2023
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Misako is a passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired. At a screening, she meets Nakamori, an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight. Misako soon discovers Nakamori’s photographs, which will strangely bring her back to her past. Together, they will learn to see the radiant world that was invisible to her ...

Directed By: Naomi Kawase

Written By: Naomi Kawase

  • 2023
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2023
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 41 m

Radiance

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Summary Misako is a passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired. At a screening, she meets Nakamori, an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight. Misako soon discovers Nakamori’s photographs, which will strangely bring her back to her past. Together, they will learn to see the radiant world that was invisible to her ...

Directed By: Naomi Kawase

Written By: Naomi Kawase

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60
May 24, 2017
Typically delicate and as gentle as a balm, the film’s well-intentioned earnestness will not endear it to the more cynical end of the audience spectrum. But fans of Kawase’s small scale personal dramas will respond to the film’s wistful tone, as well as the plaintive prettiness of the photography.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
60
May 24, 2017
A gentle, thoughtful and reflective movie.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
60
May 24, 2017
Fans of Kawase will likely enjoy this delicate tale of people finding their way in the dark.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
50
May 24, 2017
The film’s thematic preoccupation with the power of images — as perceived through any of the senses — is a worthy and thoughtful one. Yet the execution lacks the visual and emotional rigor of Kawase’s most imposing films, instead swaddling viewers in buttery lighting and blunt, earnest platitudes.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
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May 24, 2017
Radiance remains mired in underwritten relationships that end up less emotionally engaging than they appear.
By Clarence Tsui FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Comme des Cinémas, Kino Films, Kumie, MK2 Productions
Release Date Apr 28, 2023
Duration 1 h 41 m
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Website https://www.hakkadistribution.com/hakka-film/radiance/
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Denver International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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