Night Passage

Night Passage

98 mins | Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 2004

Night Passage is a digital film on friendship and death. Made in homage to Miyazawa Kenji's classic novel, Milky Way Railroad, the story evolves around the spiritual journey of a young woman, in the company of her best friend and a little boy, into a world of rich in-between realities. Their venture into and out of the land of "awakened dreams" occurs during a long ride on a night train. The filmmaker elegantly depicts each encounter in two-dimensional space with a unique artistic gesture and ingeniously frames the passage as a series of rhythmic image sequensces as seen through the window of a train.

Night Passage

98 mins | Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 2004

Night Passage
Night Passage is a digital film on friendship and death. Made in homage to Miyazawa Kenji's classic novel, Milky Way Railroad, the story evolves around the spiritual journey of a young woman, in the company of her best friend and a little boy, into a world of rich in-between realities. Their venture into and out of the land of "awakened dreams" occurs during a long ride on a night train. The filmmaker elegantly depicts each encounter in two-dimensional space with a unique artistic gesture and ingeniously frames the passage as a series of rhythmic image sequensces as seen through the window of a train.
Producers Moongift Films
Original title Night Passage
Directors Jean-Paul Bourdier, Trịnh T. Minh-hà
Writers Trịnh T. Minh-hà

Cast

Yuan Li-Chi

as Kyra

Denice Lee

as Nabi

Joshua Miller

as Shin

Vernon Bush

as Man of the Night, Storyteller on Train

Howard Dillon

as Man of the Night, Storyteller on Train

Luis Saguar

as Man of Wisdom