ARISTOCRATS

The screening of the film ‘Aristocrats’ by Japanese director Yukiko Soda will be shown at the Cultural Center of Novi Sad on November 9 at 7.15 p.m. within the film programme of Other? Europe.

Japan, 2021 / 124′ Drama, Director: Yukiko Sode
Cast: Mugi Kadowaki, Kiko Mizuhara, Shizuka Ishibashi, Kengo Kora

Hanako, born to sheltered privilege in Tokyo, is in her late 20s when her fiancé breaks off with her, and for the first time in her life finds herself at a crossroads. After a round of unsuccessful ‘arranged-marriage’ meetings and blind dates, she meets Koichiro, the lawyer scion of a wealthy family.

Miki, on the other hand, works in Tokyo but was born in a small town. Hard work got her into an exclusive Tokyo university, but her family finances forced her to work part-time as a hostess, after which she dropped out. At 32, with no boyfriend, she is managing to eke out a living in the big city.

The two women, of vastly different backgrounds, encounter each other over the same man, and their different worlds come into contact. The story depicts life in the metropolis for two women of different social classes.

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