Kôji Fukada on What Drives His Cannes Competition Debut ‘Nagi Notes’: ‘I Believe What Is Being Tested Now Is the Evolution of Democracy’

Kôji Fukada on What Drives His Cannes Competition Debut ‘Nagi Notes’: ‘I Believe What Is Being Tested Now Is the Evolution of Democracy’

Previously selected for Cannes Premiere (“Love on Trial”) and Un Certain Regard (“Harmonium”), Kôji Fukada will now vie for the Palme d’Or in his first competition film with “Nagi Notes,” a gentle yet simmering drama on surviving existential crisis in a seemingly secluded rural town while the world embroiled in tensions. “I’m grateful and honored […]

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