Symbol
By Hitoshi Matsumoto
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, Spanish, English, Russian
Casting: Hitoshi Matsumoto, David Quintero, Luis Accinelli, Lillian Tapia
Production year: 2009
Runtime: 01h33
Production company: Yoshimoto Creative Agency Co., Phantom Film, AOI Promotion
A man wakes up and mysteriously finds himself trapped in an empty, white rectangular room, wearing clownish bright yellow polka dot pajamas. Where is he? Who did this to him? How did he end up here? Will he manage to make him escape to safety? Meanwhile, in a Mexican dusty town, a green-masked wrestler known as Escargot man prepares for an important match. As the nameless prisoner appears closer to escape and Escargot man steps into the ring, filmmaker Matsumoto amplifies the baffling yet suspenseful atmosphere to a crescendo of ridiculous excess.
Toronto 2009 – Official selection
Pusan 2009
Rotterdam 2010
Deauville 2010 – Competition
Copenhagen 2010 – CPH-PIX
Lisbon 2010 – IndiLisboa
Belfast FF 2010
Sydney FF 2010
Moscow FF 2010
New York Asian FF 2010
Paris Cinéma 2010
Odessa IFF 2010
Melbourne IFF 2010
Sarajevo IFF 2010
Athens IFF 2010
Viennale IFF 2010
Sao Paulo IFF 2010
Bratislava IFF 2010
Mar del Plata 2010
Locarno FF 2011
Dark Bridges FF – 2012
2morrow FF 2012 – Russia
