Plan 75

Chie Hayakawa

Talents Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar 105 min Catalan premiere Fiction

Synopsis

In Japan, government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman and a young Filipino labourer face choices of life and death.

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Themes

LoveAsian CinemaFemale DirectorFamíliaFutureFirst FeaturePoliticsSocial Issues

Filmmaker

Chie Hayakawa

She studied Photography at School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film Niagara was selected at Cinéfondation of Cannes Film Festival 2014, won the FIPRESCI Award at Vladivostok International Film Festival, two Grand Prizes at International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul and PIA Film Festival. Her short film version of Plan 75 was the acclaimed opening segment of feature anthology Ten Years Japan, executive produced by internationally acclaimed director Hirokazu Koreeda, screened as a world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, followed by successful theatrical releases and an international festival tour. Plan 75 marks Hayakawa’s feature film directing debut.

Filmography: Plan 75 (2022, D'A 2023), Ten Years Japan (co-directed, 2018), May in the Winter (short film, 2016), Bird (short film, 2015), Niagara (short film, 2014)

Chie Hayakawa

Film information

Director: Chie Hayakawa
Script: Chie Hayakawa, Jason Gray
Contact: Adso Films
With: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne
Country: Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar
Year: 2022
Format: DCP
Length: 105 min
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Catalan
Edition: 2023

Awards

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention for the Caméra d'Or Award

THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
Bronze Alexander Award
FIPRESCI Award
Human Values Award

Poster

Plan 75