THE GIRL FROM NAGASAKI
by Michel Comte
synopsis
Based upon Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, the film introduces Cho-Cho, a child survivor of the cataclysmic bombing of Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The daughter of a geisha, Cho-Cho sets her sights on becoming the wife of a brilliant, young American military pilot based in Japan—and she succeeds. Trained as an astronaut, her new husband departs for a mission. Even though he promises to return, Cho-Cho feels she has been left to manufacture hope in the face of despair.
international title: | The Girl from Nagasaki |
original title: | The Girl from Nagasaki |
country: | Germany, United States, Japan, Italy |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michel Comte |
screenplay: | Anne-Marie Mackay, Michel Comte |
cast: | Mariko Wordell, Edoardo Ponti, Christopher Lee, Michael Wincott, Michael Nyqvist, Polina Semionova |
cinematography by: | Gigi Malavasi |
film editing: | Nick Tamburri |
art director: | James Dean |
costumes designer: | Ayako Yoshida |
music: | Alessandro Cipriani, Luigi Ceccarelli |
producer: | Michel Comte, Ayako Yoshida, Amy Filbeck |
production: | Shotz Fiction Film, M4 Films AG, The Astronauts Guild |