Firefly Dreams (2001)

Firefly Dreams is the story of one defining summer in the life of teenage rebel, Naomi, set in the beautiful and remote countryside of Horaicho in central Japan.
City brat Naomi is packed off to work at her aunt's hotel after her mother runs off with another man. She hates the hard work in the isolated hotel so her aunt arranges for her to look after an aging relative, Mrs. Koide, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Naomi hates this, too, but gradually becomes intrigued by the old woman and the mysteries in her past. As Naomi's summer romance with a local boy turns sour she grows closer to the old woman and they begin to share their secrets and their dreams.

With its debut in Nagoya Japan under the title Ichiban Utsukushii Natsu (The Most Wonderful Summer), and now making its way around the international film festival circuit, Firefly Dreams has set the world of independent filmmaking abuzz. Not only because it stands on its own as a stellar cinematic work, but also because its creator, Welsh-born filmmaker John Williams has succeeded in going where no filmmaker has gone before: Beyond the international frontier and deep into the exclusive world of Japanese cinema.

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Firefly Dreams is a movie about the friendship between a young teenage girl and an old Lady who she visits in her summer holidays. Naomi is a spoiled brat and send by her father to the countryside, after her mother runs away. There she works at the restaurant of her aunt and uncle. Close lives also Mrs Koide with whom she used to play when she was a kid. From there the story unfolds. I have to praise almost all aspects of the movie. The plot is well thought and all characters are believable and very interesting even the ones who just appear in a few scenes. The photography is marvellous, the landscape is breathtaking and rounds up the plot very nicely. The aesthetic is very different from recent Japanese movies I saw (e.g. from Kitano). It is violent free and it is set mainly in a rural area. Maybe this is so because the director is English and chose a different approach for portraying Japanese life, but this is just a speculation. The acting is great and for me this is the first time I think I learned something about normal Japanese everyday life through a movie. Surely the development of Naomi, how she grows up - and indeed has to grow up - through friendship and also sorrow, is the driving force of the movie. The movie has a slow pace, so if you are an action-movie fan, don't go. Everybody else: you will not regret it!

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IMDB 7.2/10

Awards:
- The 21st Hawaii International Film Festival best feature film Golden Maile award
- The 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival NETPAC special mention
- The 50th Mannheim-heidelberg International Film Festival FIPRESCI award
- The 3rd Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Film The Lino Brockaaward
- The 12th Cinequest Festival Audience Award Best Dramatic Feature
- 2001 Best Cinematographer Miura award from the Japanese Society ofCinematographers
- Nominated for 2001 Best New Director from the Japanese Society of Directors








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