Plan 75
By Chie Hayakawa • 2022 • • 01h45
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
« 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
Original title: PLAN 75
Director: Chie Hayakawa
Casting: Chieko Baisho (Howl’s Moving Castle), Hayato Isomura
Production company: Loaded Films, Urban Factory, Happinet-Phantom Studios, Dongyu Club, Fusee
Country: Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar
Production year: 2022
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 01h45
