Plan 75
By Chie Hayakawa
Country: Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar
Language: Japanese
Original title: PLAN 75
Casting: Chieko Baisho (Howl’s Moving Castle), Hayato Isomura
Production year: 2022
Runtime: 01h45
Production company: Loaded Films, Urban Factory, Happinet-Phantom Studios, Dongyu Club, Fusee
Japan, in a near future. The government program « Plan 75 » encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized in order to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman who loses the means to live independently, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino caregiver face choices of life and death.
Cannes IFF 2022 – Un Certain Regard – Caméra d’Or Special Mention
Karlovy Vary IFF 2022 – Horizons
Jerusalem IFF 2022 – Debuts competition
Equal FF 2022
Melbourne IFF 2022 – International Features section
Toronto IFF 2022 – Contemporary World Cinema
Helsinki Love & Anarchy 2022
Malaysian IFF 2023
Calgary IFF 2022 – Global Perspectives section
Vancouver IFF 2022
Antalya IFF 2022 – Galas section
Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2022 – Panorama international
Busan International Film Festival 2022 – A Window On Asian Cinema
Austria Japenese Film Festival 2022
Mill Valley Film Festival 2022
Chicago International Film Festival 2022
Mostra Sao Paulo 2022 – New Filmmakers Section
Denver International Film Festival 2022 – Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival Section
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2022 – International Competition – AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR BRONZE ALEXANDER, FIPRESCI AWARD, HUMAN VALUES AWARD
Hawaii International Film Festival 2022 – Spotlight
Stockholm International Film Festival 2022 – Official Selection
European Film Forum Scanorama 2022
QC Cinema Film Festival 2022
Torino International Film Festival 2022
Jogja – NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2022
Bastau International Film Festival 2022
Tbilisi International Film Festival 2022
Kerala International Film Festival 2022
Japanese Film Festival in Israel 2023
Pune International Film Festival 2023
« Anyone interested in thoughtful science fiction should seek out this affecting picture » - SCREENDAILY
« The filmmaker elegantly demonstrates her many gifts » - CINEUROPA
« There’s a sense of dystopian anguish corseted by Japanese social codes that feels like it is distinctly Hayakawa’s own » - THE FILM VERDICT
