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It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man goes to the public bath to retrieve a forgotten object. But once inside, the promise of a hot bath compels him to stay.

Directed by Atsushi Hirai (insta : @atsushi_hirait_atsushi)
Written by Atsushi Hirai & Martin Bertier

Production (France) : MLD Films
Produced by Martin Bertier, Damien Manivel

Co-production (Japan) : Nobo
Co-produced by Makoto Oki, Kohei Igarashi

Distribution : Manifest
Distributed by Anaïs Colpin & Andréa Goncalves

Financing partners : CNC & France Televisions

* Premiered – Directors’ Fortnight 2023 *
65 official selections / 16 Awards

• winner ••• Festival Nouveau Cinéma ••• Loup Argenté ••• Oscars Qualifying
• winner ••• International Kurzfilmtage Winterthur ••• Best Short Film ••• Oscars Qualifying
• winner ••• BOGOSHORTS Bogotà Shorts Film Festival ••• Santa Lucía for Best International Fiction Short Film
• winner ••• Zubroffka International Film Festival ••• 1st Prize Whole Wide World competition
• winner ••• Paris Courts Devant ••• Special Mention
• winner ••• Vilnius short film festival ••• Best short film
• winner ••• PragueShorts Film Festival ••• Best short film
• winner ••• Tampere Film Festival ••• Best short film ••• Oscars Qualifying
• winner ••• FilmfestDresden ••• Special Mention
• winner ••• Akbank Short Film Festival ••• Special Mention
• winner ••• Vienna Shorts ••• Best cinematography
• winner ••• Palm Springs International ShortFest ••• Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Min Award ••• Oscars Qualifying
• winner ••• Nevada City Film Festival ••• Best of the Fest, Best Narrative Short, Best Editing 
• winner ••• International Festival signs of the night ••• Jury award
• winner ••• Ljubljana International Film Festival ••• Best short film

• selection ••• Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes Film Festival
• selection ••• Donostia-San Sebastian Film Festival
• selection ••• Stockholm International Film Festival
• selection ••• London Short Film Festival
• selection ••• Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival
• selection ••• Minimalen Short Film Festival
• selection ••• Aspen Short Fest
• selection ••• IndieLisboa
• selection ••• Florida Film Festival
• selection ••• Regard Film Festival
• selection ••• Athens int film & video festival 
• selection ••• Hong kong International Film Festival
• selection ••• Oberhausen Film Festival
• selection ••• Côté Court
• selection ••• 2 Annas
• selection ••• Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
• selection ••• Lanzarote Film Festival 
• selection ••• Norwegian short film festival
• selection ••• Contis Film Festival
• selection ••• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 
• selection ••• Generation Film Festival
• selection ••• Tirana International Film Festival
• selection ••• Ljubljana International Film Festival 
• selection ••• Alciné 35

••• Credits •••

Starring : Okihiko Yoshizawa, Hisako Mizuki, Kota Tsunezawa, Sachiko Okuno

Dop : Benoit Pain
Editing : Jehan Folqué
Sound : Gen Takahashi
Sound editor : Agathe Poche
Sound Mixer : Simon Apostolou