Plan 75

63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere

In Japan, government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death. A quietly subversive yet chilling look at a callous future society, unveiling the beauty and dignity of human life behind the benevolent facade.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Chie Hayakawa

Script: Chie Hayakawa, Jason Gray

Cinematography: Hideho Urata

Editing: Anne Klotz

Sound: Masaru Usui, Philippe Grivel, Matthieu Deniau

Music: Remi Boubal

Actors: Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Yuumi Kawai, Taka Takao

Production: Loaded Films, Urban Factory, Happinet-Phantom Studios, Dongyu Club, WOWOW, Fusee

Producers: Eiko Mizuno-Gray, Jason Gray, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien

Co-producers: Alemberg Ang

Costumes: Kanako Okamoto

Production Design: Setsuko Shiokawa

Make Up: Michiyo Miyauchi

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 112΄

Contact: Urban Sales

Chie Hayakawa

Born in Tokyo, she studied photography at School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film, Niagara (2014), was selected in the Cinéfondation section at Cannes Film Festival 2014 and received awards in numerous international film festivals. Her short film Plan 75 was the opening segment of anthology feature Ten Years Japan (2018) executive produced by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The short was expanded into her feature film debut Plan 75, which was awarded the Camera d'Or Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival 2022. She was also awarded Best Director at Thessaloniki and was awarded and nominated at numerous international film festivals. Renoir marks Japanese writer-director Chie Hayakawa’s second film, following her feature directorial debut Plan 75, which was selected in Un Certain Regard and awarded the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Plan 75 screened at over 30 international film festivals and achieved sales to over 20 countries, from North America, across Europe, to Asia.