October 29, 2005

Official website for Shinji Aoyama's ELI, ELI, LEMA SABACHTHANI?, w/ Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaya Nakahara, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Masahiro Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, Erika, Yûsuke Kawazu, & Mariko Okada

(Posted In Asia Cannes 2005 Drama Film News Musical Sci-Fi / Fantasy )

eli_eli.jpgThe official website for Shinji Aoyama's Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? (Eri Eri rema sabakutani) is now online, although at present it's just a home page. The movie premièred at the Cannes Film Festival, in the section Un Certain Regard, on May 18th of this year. Phantom Film K.K. (K.K. Fantomu Firumu) is set to release it theatrically in Japan early next year.

The screenplay for Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? was written by Aoyama. The movie's principal cast is as follows (listed order corresponds to website order): Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaya Nakahara, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Masahiro Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, Erika, Yûsuke Kawazu (Kawadu Yûsuke), and Mariko Okada.

Below is a synopsis for Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? from this page for the movie on the website of international sales agent Wild Bunch Sales Limited.

My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? - MATTHEW 27:46

AD 2015. The world's major cities are decimated by a terrible plague, a highly contagious virus that fills those it infects first with unbearable dread, then with overwhelming despair. A fatal disease, without cure. The Lemming Syndrome.

In an isolated country mansion, two musicians - Mizui and Asuhara - live in seclusion, devoting themselves to the creation of pure sound far from the trappings of fame and success they knew in the corrupt and dangerous city. They are visited by an ageing plutocrat, his desperately sick daughter and a detective, who believes that in the music made by Mizui and Asuhara lies the seed of hope that the old man’s daughter can be saved.

In the vast, changeless stillness of nature, the musicians begin to play...

Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? official website
Cannes Film Festival: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?
Variety: Review of Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?

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Reader Comments

I want to see this one so bad ... there's a detailed review in the current Midnight Eye as well ...

» Posted by Todd Brown at October 30, 2005 06:47 PM

It's really an outstanding movie. Hope the R2J disc will have subs. I'm dying to see it again.

» Posted by stauffen at October 31, 2005 05:12 AM

Hello. I am professor at the University of Avignon (France) in a Research Laboratory on culturals and communicationals problems. Actually, I lead a sociological work inquiry with projections of movies extracts, notably the Aoyama Shinji’s EUREKA beginning. I try to contact him to ask him some questions on this film. It would be possible to you to communicate to me a contact, an email… Best regards. Michael Bourgatte

» Posted by Bourgatte at July 11, 2006 09:54 AM

Watched this last night. The Japanese DVD has English subtitles for those that need them. This is a really great film. If you're a fan of Aoyama Shinji's previous work you should like this (and if you're not a fan of 'noise' music you might be better off with a DVD and the luxury of volume control than the whole cinematic experience!). Oh, and it's nowhere near the length of Eureka for those that were put off by that one.

» Posted by Andy at November 8, 2006 06:25 PM

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