2/DUO

Nobuhiro Suwa

Japan 90 min Fiction

Synopsis

Yu, a boutique saleswoman, has a relationship with Kei, a bankrupt actor who lives at her expense. One day, Kei offers Yu to marry him. This unexpected proposal interrupts the balance of the couple.

Filmmaker

Nobuhiro Suwa

He begins his cinematographic career with 2/Duo, awarded at the Rotterdam Festival; M/Other, FIPRESCI Award at Cannes; or H Story, selected in Un Certain Regard of the same festival. From here, a successful period of French production begins, which leads him to win the Special Jury Prize in Locarno with Un couple parfait and selections in the Directors’ Fortnight or San Sebastián with Yuki & Nina and The Lion Sleeps Tonight, respectively. He was object of a retrospective in the D’A 2018.

Filmography: El teléfono del viento (2020), El león duerme esta noche (2017, D’A 2018), Yuki & Nina (2009, D’A 2018), Un couple parfait (2005, D’A 2018), H Story (2001, D’A 2018), M/Other (1999, D’A 2018), 2/Duo (1997, D’A 2018)

Nobuhiro Suwa

Film information

Director: Nobuhiro Suwa
Script: Nobuhiro Suwa
Contact: Bitters End
With: Eri Yu, Miyuki Yamamoto, Hidotoshi Nishijima, Makiko Watanabe
Country: Japan
Year: 1997
Format: DCP
Length: 90 min
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Catalan
Edition: 2018

Awards

NETPAC Award in Rotterdam