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MASAO ADACHI TAKES A PASSPORT PHOTO

足立正生、パスポート写真を撮る

Directed by Kamal Aljafari
Germany, France, 2026
Documentary, Short
  • 2727 minutes

Synopsis

In a quiet studio in Tokyo, an iconic filmmaker poses for a passport photo that may take him nowhere, whilst the widow who runs the studio meticulously prepares the shot, tracing the fragile persistence of memory and time.

Synopsis

In a quiet studio in Tokyo, an iconic filmmaker poses for a passport photo that may take him nowhere, whilst the widow who runs the studio meticulously prepares the shot, tracing the fragile persistence of memory and time.