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Ama-San

Portugal / Switzerland, April 2016
FILM, Documentary, 113 min.

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directed by
Cláudia Varejão
Written by
Cláudia Varejão
Status
In distribution

The Ama-San - the women of the sea - are diving since 2000 years in Japan for all sorts of seafood. Most of them are between 50 and 85 years old. What they do, calls into question not only the traditional role of women in oriental society, but also the very nature of femininity itself. The film follows the everyday lives of three women of different ages who, for 30 years, have dived together in the sea around a small fishing village on the Shima peninsular. Shot between the silent, underwater world and rural life on land, this film is a unique portrait of a tradition that is not expected to survive much longer.

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World Premiere
April 2016
Original Version
Japanese (french/english/portuguese/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 113 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-2526-0000-4-0000-0000-P
Production
Terratreme Filmes, Mira Film
Producer
João Matos, Vadim Jendreyko
directed by
Cláudia Varejão
Written by
Cláudia Varejão
Cinemato­graphy
Cláudia Varejão
Editing
João Braz, Cláudia Varejão
Location Sound Mix
Takashi Sugimoto
Sound Editing
Hugo Leitao
Sound Design
Hugo Leitao
Re-Recording Mix
Dominik Avenwedde, Daniel Almada

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World Rights
Mira Film , Terratreme Filmes

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Vinca Film GmbH Distribution
Release date: 16.06.2016

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