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Naomi Kawase

Radiance

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A passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired meets an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight.

  • Director: Naomi Kawase
  • Main Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Shirakawa
  • Screenplay: Naomi Kawase

Original title in Japan is 光.

  • Cinema Premiere: October 20, 2017



What do critics in other countries think?

International reviews

8 foreign reviews of Radiance (2017)

  • 1. Nöjesguiden
    5 / 6

    Translated from swedish: Arata Dodo's photography is metaphorically in constant pursuit of the elusive: light, memory, life itself. The camera shifts my consciousness as a viewer, which becomes most apparent when the image suddenly becomes blurred. "I don't want to stop seeing, don't want to forget." The words echo as I step back out onto the street, into the pale April sun.
    - Julia Forssell

    Swedish: ng.se »

  • 2. Aftonbladet
    4 / 5

    Translated from swedish: A beautiful film about life's sunset and about light that fades away.
    - Jens Peterson

    Swedish: aftonbladet.se »

  • 3. Dagens Nyheter
    4 / 5

    Translated from swedish: Original, sensitive and innovative; sometimes perhaps, like the main character, a bit too beautiful and ethereal.
    - Kerstin Gezelius

    Swedish: dn.se »

  • 4. Kulturbloggen
    8 / 10

    Translated from swedish: It's so fantastic in so many ways and deals with what our senses are, what is film, what is storytelling, how much should the storyteller leave to the viewer and trust their imagination – and it's really about much more than images. It's about all culture, all art.
    - Rosemari Södergren

    Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

  • 5. Fredrik Fyhr
    2.5 / 4

    Translated from swedish: It's very intelligent and gifted filmmaking, yet so simple at the same time. If the film had been equally sophisticated in its dialogue and character direction, it would have been a somewhat magnificent melodrama.
    - Fredrik Fyhr

    Swedish: fredrikfyhr.se »

  • 6. Sveriges Radio
    3 / 5

    Translated from swedish: The film is visually idiosyncratic and quite demanding, yet at the same time teeters on the edge of sentimental cliffs where the dialogue sometimes threatens to plummet: "Nothing is more beautiful than what disappears before your eyes," as it says in the trailer. And this is something this film can show in images but actually cannot express in words.
    - Katarina Wikars

    Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

  • 7. Sveriges Radio
    3 / 5

    Translated from swedish: The Japanese film "Radiance" is winding, it's about loss... transience. How beauty slips away.
    - Björn Jansson

    Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

  • 8. Filmtopp
    2 / 5

    Translated from swedish: "Radiance" rests heavily on a layer of symbolism about what blindness truly means - that it's only when we dare to let go of our grip on the world around us that it becomes all the clearer. Our imagination is the only tool we need. And yes, it's a bit precious, quite heavily sentimental, and at times melodramatic with characters basking in the flames of sunset. I might get a little moved - the film is actually rather beautifully shot, but not much more than that.
    - Sebastian Sterner

    Swedish: filmtopp.se »



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World-Wide Box Office Revenue

Box Office

Radiance has earned a total of 380 560 dollars from cinemas across the world (the global box office).