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A man in a tshirt and jeans sits on a stone wall with a blue sky behind him.

Super Happy Forever

  Kohei Igarashi

  France, Japan     94 minutes

Synopsis

Accompanied by his friend Miyata, a heartbroken Sano returns to Izu, the Japanese coastal resort where Sano fell in love with his wife, Nagi, five years prior. With the hotel set to shutter in the coming days, Sano checks in one last time and ponders the exhilarating pangs of his lost love. Adrift, he wanders the grounds, and his memories of Nagi begin to take hold.

Narratively playful and profoundly affecting, Super Happy Forever is an unconventional seaside romance. Extended flashback sequences blend memory with reality to create a moving portrait of a relationship’s beginnings while reflecting on its untimely end. A crackling chemistry between leads Hiroki Sano and Nairu Yamamoto combines with director Igarashi Kohei’s elegant visual style to create a beautiful ode to a love gained and lost.

  

 Japanese with subtitles

Screenings & Events

Screening

Thu, Oct 24 @ 5:15pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 04

Screening

Fri, Oct 25 @ 5:00pm CDT

at Gene Siskel Film Center, screen 1

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Media

Film Credits

  •   Makoto Oki, Yusaku Emoto, Martin Bertier, Damien Manivel
  •   Kohei Igarashi, Koichi Kubodera
  •   Keiko Okawa, Kohei Igarashi, Damien Manivel
  •   Wataru Takahashi
  •   Hiroki Sano, Yoshinori Miyata, Nairu Yamamoto, Hoang Nh Quynh
  •   Daigo Sakuragi
  •   Kohei Igarashi, Kenshi Otaka, Misaki Kawamura, Satoshi Takat, Go Kitahara, Takashi Omatsu
  •   MLD Films, NOBO LLC
  •   http://www.bacfilms.com/international/movies/super-happy-forever

Sponsors

International Competition Program Patron

Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum Family Foundation