In the midst of a society that, as we are told by one of the characters in Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir, is characterized by diligence and modesty, young Fuki Okita (Yui Suzuki) is living on instinct ...

In her second film, Japanese director Chie Hayakawa ('Plan 75') tells a deeply personal story about a crucial summer in the life of an observant 11-year-old. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic ...

Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa made a quiet but unforgettable entrance onto the world stage with her 2022 feature debut Plan 75, a haunting dystopian vision of state-sponsored euthanasia for the ...

“Renoir” draws deeply on Hayakawa’s personal experiences of losing her father during childhood. “I’ve been thinking to make this story since I was a teenager or in my early 20s,” Hayak ...

Director Chie Hayakawa says the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit north-central Japan in March 2011, setting off the Fukushima nuclear disaster, galvanized her plunge into professional ...

Plan 75' director Chie Hayakawa graduates to Cannes competition with a slender but appealingly impressionistic story of an inquisitive young girl's summer of life, death and amateur parapsychology.

Hayakawa is a plaintive storyteller who refuses to indulge in emotional cheats of any kind, and would rather a scene be impenetrably oblique than overexplain its purpose. “Renoir” may not be ...

Instead, it’s the story of a young girl directed by Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, whose previous Cannes title was the provocative, futuristic drama “Plan 75.” That film, Hayakawa’s ...

Renoir is the second feature film from Japanese director Chie Hayakawa, also at Cannes three years ago with her feature directorial debut titled Plan 75 (also a very good film that not many have ...

For Hayakawa, Renoir is both a deeply personal film and a deliberate departure. “I wanted to take a different approach this time,” she explains. “Rather than building the film around a clear ...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, whose “Plan 75” earned a Camera d’Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival, is back on the Croisette with competition title “Renoir,” a ...