Tarachime, Naomi Kawase, Japan, France, 2006, 39’

Tarachime, Naomi Kawase, Japan, France, 2006, 39’

The filmmaker Naomi Kawase, who has become a mother, continues in this new documentary her personal work of questioning the world. Indeed, on April 24, 2004 at 10:40 am, their son Mitsouki was born. The birth took place, in the traditional way, without a doctor, with the sole assistance of a midwife, in an old Japanese house, on a tatami. Naomi Kawase was surrounded by members of her family. When the umbilical cord was cut, Noemí took the camera and recorded this symbolic moment, in addition to filming all the people who lovingly assisted her. Since then, Naomi Kawase has been living and filming the day-to-day life of her 90-year-old son and grandmother in their old home in Nara. This film is a reflection on the cycle of life through the body.

Introduction by: Irati Gorostidi