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International Perspective

The Witches of The Orient

Les Sorcières de L’orient

France 2021 Documentary Cor, P&b 100 min.

Journey to meet the former players of the Japanese women’s volleyball team. Now in their 70s, they used to be known as the Witches of the Orient because of their seemingly supernatural powers on the courts. From the formation of the squad in the late 1950s as a worker’s team at a textile factory, right up until their triumph at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, their memories and true magic from long ago bubble up into a heady brew where fact and fable fly hand in hand.

Presented at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and at the IndieLisboa.

Horários de exibição

01/11

21:20

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02/11

13:30

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03/11

17:50

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France sport documentary international festivals memory

direção

Julien Faraut

roteiro

Julien Faraut

fotografia

Yukata Yamazaki

montagem

Andrei Bogdanov

desenho de som

Léon Rousseau

música

Jason Lytle, K-Raw

produtor

William Jéhannin

produzido por

UFO Production

world sales

Lightdox

contato

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