便利店的故事 / EP. 正片

Katoisanaspiringscreenwritertreadingwater.Hespendshisdayspitchingstoriestooffbeatagentsandexecutiveswhoareanythingbutimpressed.Notthathehasrunoutofideas,theyjustdon’tseemtogoanywhere.UnlikehisrelationshipwithhisgirlfriendZigzag–thatoneisgoingdownthedrain.LittledoesKato–oranyone–knowthatlifeisabouttotakesomeseriouslyweirdturns.Whileouttobuythespecialbrandoffoodforhisgirlfriend’sdogCerberus,Katodiscoversanabandonedconveniencestorethattransformshistrajectory.Astumbleintoarefrigeratorcatapultshimintoarealmoffantasticalinspirationboostedbyaneccentriccouplehemeetsalongtheway.Mightthisbethekeytogettinghismojoback?MikiSatoshi(AdriftinTokyo,WhattoDowiththeDeadKaiju?)returnswithasurrealandquirkyindiefilmthatmanagestobebothcharminganddeeplyphilosophical.TeamingupwithJapanesecinemaexpertandnotablecriticforTheJapanTimesMarkSchilling(Art,CultandCommerce:JapaneseCinemaSince2000),ConvenienceStorytakesyouonaneccentricDanteanridebrimmingwithpsychologicaltensionandthezestofkarma.Fromthepurgatoryofwriter’sblock,toahellofanadventure,Kato’sjourneyisasatisfyingandthoughtfultale.源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/convenience-story