Project Description

CREDITS

Directed by: Sumie García
Cast: Yukio Saeki, Setsuko Ohori
Produced by: Santiago De la Paz, Lucía Díaz Álvarez, Sumie García, Alejandro Quintero
Director of Photography: Sumie García
Editor: Sumie García
Animation: Daniel Farah
Original Score: Josué Collado
Sound Design: Santiago de la Paz
Associate Producers: Daniel Farah, Bianca Fontez
Production: Nomadas
Duration: 16 min

SYNOPSIS

Foto Saeki is a deserted analogue photography goods store in Mexico City. Its owner, Yukio Saeki, arrived to Mexico in 1955. Mr. Saeki’s memory and photographic archive spin various threads, including Japanese immigration to Mexico, photographic technique development, the changes and growth Mexico underwent from 1955 onward and his memories of the fateful day he witnessed the dropping of the atomic bomb on nearby Hiroshima.

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Visions du Reel

Switzerland, 2017

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