The serpent’s path
A film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024-
Genre: Drama
Language: French & Japanese
Subtitles: french, english
Duration: 113 min
Countries: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Japan
Year: 2024
SYNOPSIS
-In the suburbs of Paris, Albert, a freelance reporter, vows to take revenge for the brutal murder of his young daughter while Sayoko, a Japanese female doctor, assists him in his quest for revenge. With Sayoko’s skillful guidance, the two get closer to the truth behind Albert’s daughter’s death, but it turns out that a mysterious cult and human traffickers are involved in the case. When they finally get close to the truth, Sayoko’s real intention is revealed…
CREDITS
-Director : Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Script : Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Aurélien Ferenczi
Image: Alexis Kavyrchine
Sound : François Boudet
Art designer : Nicolas Flipo
Costume Designer : Caroline Spieth
Make up: Silvia Carissoli
Editor: Thomas Marchand
Music: Nicolas Errèra
Cast: Kō Shibasaki, Damien Bonnard, Mathieu Amalric, Grégoire Colin, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Vimala Pons, Slimane Dazi.
Produced by Cinéfrance Studios (David Gauquié, Julien Deris) and Kadokawa Corporation (Takeo Kodera).
Co-produced by Tarantula Luxembourg (Donato Rotunno) and Tarantula Belgium (Joseph Rouschop).
Distribution France : Art House
GALLERY
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Serpent’s Path_02 - FESTIVALS
-Busan International Film Festival (South Korea, 2024)
Göteborg Film Festival (Sweden, 2025)
Lux Film Festival
DIRECTOR
-Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Kobe, Japan, 1955) began his career in 1983 with “Kandagawa Wars”. His most notable works include “Cure” (1997), “Pulse”, which was screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2001, where it won the FIPRESCI prize; “Bright Future” (2002), selected in the Official Competition at the same festival; “Retribution”, screened out of competition at Venice in 2006; “Tokyo Sonata” (2008), which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes; “Shokuzai” (2012), a miniseries presented in the Zabaltegi section at San Sebastian; “Journey to the Shore”, for which he won the Best Director prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes in 2015. In 2017, he returned to competition in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes with “Before we vanish”, and in 2020 he was back in Venice with “Wife of a spy”, for which he won the Best Director Prize. “The Serpent’s Path” is his latest film, which was presented at the San Sebastian Festival in 2024.
