Two Seasons, Two Strangers
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EXCLUSIVE TO GOLDEN AGE IN SYDNEY
Overview
Exclusive to Golden Age in Sydney, Sho Miyake’s (Small, Slow But Steady, All the Long Nights) Golden Leopard winner Two Seasons, Two Strangers follows two serene chapters from the life and mind of a lonely screenwriter. Feeling unsatisfied with her film about two strangers who meet in a small beach town, Lee (Shim Eun-kyung) takes a trip to a snowy mountain village and lodges at a disused ryokan. Making an unlikely acquaintance of the gloomy innkeeper Ben-zō (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Lee finds herself captivated by his story.
Winner: Golden Leopard
“In every sense, a true masterpiece”
“Miyake is not only one of the great Japanese filmmakers of his generation. He is also among the best at imbuing neglected people with humanity and injecting aching empathy into modest stories”
“Revels in the kinds of experiences that most storytellers wouldn’t deem remarkable, though it unassumingly articulates what can be life-changing, or even life-saving, about them”
Why You Should See This Film
Threading together two short manga stories by Yoshiharu Tsuge, Two Seasons, Two Strangers is a scenic and sensitive meditation on transience, loneliness and creativity. With assured style and patient compassion, filmmaker Sho Miyake sits with his characters in their quiet, awkward in-between moments; letting genuine connection warm up without contrivance – letting the stray story threads of life fall where they may. A must for enjoyers of Éric Rohmer, Hong Sang-soo and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, this is easily one of our recent favourites and we can’t wait to see more from Miyake.
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