Stafford Film Theatre – Cottontail

October 28, 7.30pm

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Patrick Dickinson / UK, Japan 2023 / 94 min / Cert 12A

In Tokyo a widower receives a posthumous letter conveying a special request.

His wife wants her cremated remains to be scattered in the Lake District, the place that she loved growing up on the stories of Beatrix Potter.

On arriving in the UK, Kenzaburo (Lilly Franky) falls out with his son. After various misadventures in his attempts to get to the Lake District he is helped by John (Ciaran Hinds) who has experienced a bereavement of his own.

With a mesmerising central performance from Franky, the film relies on facial expressions rather than dialogue to tell its story. This award-winning directorial debut is beautiful shot on widescreen.