Super Happy Forever

Local title
Igavesti super õnnelik
Director
Igarashi Kohei
Country
Japan, France
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
drama, romantic comedy
Subject
love, friendship, grief, sexuality, first love, belonging, self-realisation, loneliness, alienation, journey

ENG

Accompanied by his best friend Miyata, Sanu returns to Izu, a Japanese seaside resort where he fell in love five years earlier with his wife Nagi. Overcome by grief and nostalgia for the place, Sano starts looking for a red cap that Nagi had once misplaced.

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.

The premiere of the film took place at the Venice Film Festival and has won awards at the Ghent and Reykjavik film festivals.

Director
Igarashi Kohei
Screenwriter
Kohei Igarashi, Koichi Kubodera
Cast
Hiroki Sano, Yoshinori Miyata, Nairu Yamamoto, Hoàng Như Quỳnh
Producer
Makoto Oki, Yusaku Emoto, Martin Bertier, Damien Manivel
Cinematographer
Wataru Takahashi
Composer
Daigo Sakuragi
Music
Daigo Sakuragi
Sound
Gen Takahashi, Agathe Pocher, Simon Apostolou
World sales
BAC Films
Runtime
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Chicago, San Sebastian, Venice
Director
Igarashi Kohei

Screenings

Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening022103 / Igavesti super õnnelik
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5th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening050503 / Igavesti super õnnelik
SubtitlesEnglish
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7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110704 / Igavesti super õnnelik
SubtitlesEnglish
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