Tokyo Fiancée

Her head filled with dreams, Amélie, 20, goes back to Japan, where she spent her childhood. To earn a living, she decides to give privates classes in French and meets Rinri, her first and only student, a young Japanese man with whom she soon has an intimate relationship. Between surprises, happy times and the pitfalls of a culture shock that is both poetic and amusing, she discovers a side of Japan she had never seen before...

"Writer-director Liberski applies a gentle hand to his source material, using charming narration and precise art direction to achieve the perfect balance of whimsical and sexy. Sincere performances from Etienne and Inoue, coupled with Hichame Alaouie’s wonderfully saturated cinematography, paint an exquisite portrait of cross-cultural desires and divides. "Tokyo Fiancée" reminds us that the world is full of possibility and that we should all dare to dream, if only for a little while." – Kerri Craddock, Toronto FF

Belgium / France / Canada 2014