Film info Trailer
- Country:SAD
- Director:Andrew Levitas
- Year:2020
- Duration:115'
- Actors:Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Katherine Jenkins, Akiko Iwase
Storyline
Three-time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971. With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse, disconnected from society and his career. Between an impassioned Japanese translator called Aileen (Minami) urging him to go and a much needed comission from "Life" Magazine editor Ralph Graves (Nighy), Smith is finally convincd to journey back to Japan to expose the devastating annihilation of a coastal community, victims of corporate greed and complicit local police and government. Armed with only his trusted Nikon camera, Smith must find the images that will bring this story to the World. At first, no one wants to help him and there's a new threat at every corner. But thanks to his burgeoning love for Aileen, Smith learns to stop hiding behind to finally stop hiding behind the lens and to start taking action, helping him earn this broken community's trust. MINAMATA is a moving redemptive story of how one man's powerful photograph impacted the world, yet in order to find it he had to open his heart.
About the director
Andrew Levitas (September 4, 1977) was born in New York. The director works across multiple creative platforms. His metalwork installations combine photography, sculpture and contemporary art. His “Organic Abstractions” – paintings made from homemade pigments and organic materials – have received much critical acclaim. In 2008, he was admitted to the Société nationale des beaux-arts. He made his directing debut with Lullaby, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He has also been involved in numerous films as a producer and is a professor at New York University.
Screening schedule
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27.08.2021.
Castle Eltz park
21:15h
Tickets for screenings at Cinestar Vukovar, Danubian Sand Island, Borovo Cinema are free. For screenings at locations - Terrace of Agency for Waterways and Castle Eltz Park admission is 15 HRK. Tickets.
