Speechless in Japan

Speechless in Japan

2016 · 25 min · Documentary

A young female director travels solo to Tokyo, where she accidentally meets an extravagant character, 63-year-old Yamada-San, who dresses like a woman and who was never accepted by society. The two of them only communicate through the camera and arbitrary translations of strangers, who overcome the fear towards Yamada-San this way, and so begins a chain of changes.

Directed by Weronika Mliczewska

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