"A shaky relationship between artists, portrayed in striking images."
The dynamic between Yuji and Kaede, a couple of young artists, is thrown out of balance when Yuji’s new video installation is reviewed one evening by an influential artist. Yuji tries to avoid a conversation, while Kaede feels obligated to promote her partner’s talent. A night that may change everything.
Alaijin
Katsushi Iwasaki
Saki Katô
The dynamic between Yuji and Kaede, a couple of young artists, is thrown out of balance when Yuji’s new video installation is reviewed one evening by an influential artist. Yuji tries to avoid a conversation, while Kaede feels obligated to promote her partner’s talent. A night that may change everything.
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High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.
Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?
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