The world beyond Banana Yoshimoto's front door and inside the life of one of her readers.


Subject
Mandarava Bricaire

Script
Mandarava Bricaire, Lara Fremder

Genre
Fiction / Documentary Hybrid

Duration
Approx 70’

Format
16mm



Logline

Mandi wishes to make a documentary about her favorite writer, Banana Yoshimoto.
Even if she agrees, it will not be so easy.


Synopsis

After a long time working as a filmmaker in Costa Rica, Mandi returns to live in Tuscany eager to make a documentary about Banana Yoshimoto whose books she has loved since her teenage years. Making contact with the writer is not easy. The path is fraught with difficulties, among them the sudden diagnosis of an illness that inevitably suspends all plans. After a period of darkness, Mandi manages to re-emerge and finally get in touch with the Japanese writer. She will be able to resume what she will actually discover to be a journey of self-discovery.



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