The Girl from Nagasaki

The Girl from Nagasaki is a 2013 romantic musical drama film directed by Michel Comte.[1][2] The film had its premiere as the closing night film of the 2013 Naples International Film Festival on November 9, 2013.[3] The film later screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.[4]

The Girl from Nagasaki
Film poster
Directed byMichel Comte
Produced byMichel Comte
Ayako Yoshida
Amy Filbeck
Written byMichel Comte
Anne-Marie Mackay
StarringMariko Wordell
Edoardo Ponti
Christopher Lee
Michael Wincott
Michael Nyqvist
Polina Semionova
Ayako Yoshida
Music byLuigi Ceccarelli
Alessandro Cipriani
CinematographyPierluigi Malavasi
Edited byNick Tamburri
Production
company
M4 Films AG
Shotz Fiction Film
Release date
  • November 9, 2013 (2013-11-09) (Naples International Film Festival)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryItaly
Germany
Japan
United States
LanguageEnglish
Japanese

Plot

The film is a reworking of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, in which the tragic heroine is obsessed with an American pilot.

Cast

Reception

"The Girl from Nagasaki" received mixed reviews from critics. Marshall Fine in his review for Huffington Post said that "staging is avant-garde, bloody and surreal, with elements of modern dance, classical tableaux, kabuki and opera, as well as conventional melodrama. Comte returns often to that staged version to emphasize the action or outline it in a more symbolic way."[5] While, Dan Schindel in his review for Movie Mezzanine said that "Feels like every derisive joke about art house cinema brought to unironic life."[6]

References
  1. "'Girl From Nagasaki' revisits Puccini opera". Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  2. "Inside the Making of Sundance Official Selection The Girl From Nagasaki With Director Michel Comte". Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  3. "SHOWTIME: NAPLES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. "Sundance 2014: New Frontier Films". Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  5. "Live From the Sundance Film Festival: Tuesday, Jan. 21".
  6. "SUNDANCE REVIEWS: 'HELLION,' 'MITT,' 'THE GIRL FROM NAGASAKI,' 'DEAR WHITE PEOPLE,' 'LAGGIES'". Retrieved May 17, 2014.
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