Sundance-winning drama based on the urban legend of a lonely Japanese woman (Rinko Kikuchi, Pacific Rim) who, after watching the Coen...
Sundance-winning drama based on the urban legend of a lonely Japanese woman (Rinko Kikuchi, Pacific Rim) who, after watching the Coen brothers' 1996 thriller Fargo obsessively, is convinced the events depicted are true and sets off to America in search of the buried money.
"Kumiko lives in a cluttered, cramped apartment in Tokyo with her pet rabbit, Bunzo. She works as an office lady, robotically preparing tea and fetching dry cleaning for her nitpicky boss. But on her own time, she obsessively watches a well-known American film on a weathered VHS tape. Rewinding and fast-forwarding repeatedly, she meticulously maps out where a briefcase of castaway loot is buried within the fictional film. After hours of intense research—convinced that her destiny depends on finding the money—Kumiko heads to the United States and into the harsh Minnesota winter to search for it." (Sundance Film Festival)
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- Award winner
- Special Jury Prize (Dramatic), Sundance Film Festival 2014
- Rating
- PG, Mild themes and brief bloody scenes
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA