The Lump in My Heart
Adult
£9.50
Member Adult
£8.50
Senior Citizen
£7.50
Member (Conc.)
£6.50
U25 & Students
£5
Disabled or Unwaged
£5
Director: Matsumura Shingo
Cast: Yoshida Mizuki, Ishihara Rii, Tokiwa Takako, Maeda Atsuko
Year: 2022
Duration: 92 mins
Certificate: 18
This charming, unassuming film revolves around a young woman, Chinatsu, and her single mother Akiko, whose quiet and uneventful life together is upended when Chinatsu has to be re-tested for breast cancer.
Akiko’s anxiety and worries increase, while Chinatsu wonders what her future will hold.
This moving and heartfelt film has a beautiful mother and daughter relationship at its core.
Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024.
Image credit: ©2023atsuimunasawagi production committee