COTTONTAIL

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo and his son Toshi receive an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. Akiko, their wife and mother, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child – Lake Windermere in England. The two men, along with Toshi’s wife and daughter, travel to England from Tokyo to fulfil her final wish. But the father and son’s fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.

PATRIK DIKINSON / PATRICK DICKINSON

Patrick Dickinson is a British/Irish writer & director. He studied Japanese cinema at Oxford University and Waseda University, Tokyo. Shortly after living in Japan, he studied Directing at the AFI Conservatory, where he shot a number of shorts including his film Usagi-San (2013), which won the special BAFTA award, screened at 30 festivals internationally. Cottontail (2023), inspired by his personal stories in both Japan and England, is his feature-length directorial debut.

 

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Fulfilling a last wish is the start to the road of reconciliation for a father and son in Patrick Dickinson’s sensitive family drama, which is delicately composed and elevated by a touching performance from Lily Franky

Allan Hunter, Screendaily