All About Lily Chou-Chou: 25th Anniversary! feat. the neverminds
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Shunji Iwai Run Time: 146 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2001 Language: Japanese, English Subtitles
Starring: Ayumi Ito, Hayato Ichihara, Issey Takahashi, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi’s love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
For kids around the world, music is often the only salvation when the pain and anxiety of teenage life becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara) is in the 8th grade and he worships Lily Chou-Chou, a Bjork-like chanteuse whose epic music is lush and transcendent. Yuichi only lives for Lily Chou-Chou’s big Tokyo concert, where the lies and violence can be washed away by the presence of his goddess and her powerful music. But fate has yet another obstacle in store for Lily’s devoted fan. -FILM MOVEMENT
Feat. a live musical pre-show by the neverminds!
Pre-show 7 PM | Film 8 PM
Doors open 30 Minutes before showtime.