“A pale view of hills”, interview with director Kei Ishikawa

Japanese director Kei Ishikawa is at the 78th Cannes Film Festival with his new film "A pale view of hills", screening in the Un certain Regard section. The film is a big screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same title. As it is Ishiguro’s 1982 debut novel, one of only two novels the author set in Japan, it remained un-adapted for the screen until today. Ishiguro, who became a co-producer of the film, became also a mentor for Ishikawa, as he was “truly delighted” by the fact that his novel could be turned into a film by a Japanese director from the next generation. "A pale view of hills" tells the story of a young Japanese-British writer who plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. The film delves into the past of a nation and reflects on memories, on and on how the new generation is dealing with the past, 80 years after the war.