All The Long Nights
About the Film
Two work colleagues: he suffers from panic attacks, she has extreme PMS. Their company, aware of their mental health struggles, distributes toy planetariums. One day, Yamazoe has a panic attack at work and can’t find his medicine. It’s Misa who finds it and gives it to him. She’d been given the same medicine for her PMS symptoms, so she comes to learn about his disorder. She opens up about her own illness to him as well, and offers to help him. At first, he’s reluctant to accept her help, but as the two of them interact, he also learns to calm her down before her anger explodes. Most of the other employees, including the CEO, are old and on the verge of retirement. They know that the two of them are dealing with problems in their lives, and watch over them and give them plenty of space.
Shô Miyake breathes life into this tale, bringing to light the plight of trying to fit in when your mental health takes it tougher, and the existence of healthy, opposite-sex friendships.
Post-Screening
Join us for an in-person post-screening chat, In the Shadows: Understanding Anxiety in Daily Life
- Julia Khaw, Clinical Psychologist, Intellect
- Justin Loo, Head, Programmes, Resilience Collective
- Moderated by: Shree, Volunteer, MHFFS
Session Details
Director: Shô Miyake
Date: 9 November 2024
Doors Open: 6.45pm
Screening start: 7pm
Runtime: 119 mins
Post-Screening chat: 45 mins, starts at 9.15pm
Total Session Duration: 164 mins
Language: Japanese, English Subtitles
Rating (with advisory): PG
Trailer
About the Director
Shô Miyake, born in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1984, graduated from the Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Social Sciences and completed the elementary course in fiction at The Film School of Tokyo. His feature film as a director, “Small, Slow But Steady,” was an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival Encounters Section and won the Japan Film Awards, Best Director Award, and five other awards at the 77th Mainichi Film Awards. His other major works as a director include “Playback” (2012), “THE COCKPIT” (2015), and “And Your Bird Can Sing” (2018).