Rainy Days
An elderly Japanese man boards a ferry bound for an unknown island. As he looks out over the water, the falling rain triggers a string of memories, including of a childhood experience in Fukuoka and a brief encounter many years later, aboard a smoke-filled seaside train. The only constant is the rain, a woman and Mount Fuji. When the man arrives on the island, it begins to pour, and a mysterious woman on a motorbike greets him… Directed by Latvian filmmaker Vladimir Leschiov, Rainy Days looks at three key moments in its protagonist’s life, when events that should have happened …
An elderly Japanese man boards a ferry bound for an unknown island. As he looks out over the water, the falling rain triggers a string of memories, including of a childhood experience in Fukuoka and a brief encounter many years later, aboard a smoke-filled seaside train. The only constant is the rain, a woman and Mount Fuji. When the man arrives on the island, it begins to pour, and a mysterious woman on a motorbike greets him…
Directed by Latvian filmmaker Vladimir Leschiov, Rainy Days looks at three key moments in its protagonist’s life, when events that should have happened never come to pass, yet change the course of his existence. The unique animation technique used to create the film, consisting of black tea and ink on paper and precise, delicate drawn lines, conjures a warm and tranquil atmosphere that mirrors the man’s graceful acceptance of his fate—and his awareness that all we have is what is.
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scriptVladimir Leschiov
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designVladimir Leschiov
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directionVladimir Leschiov
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original musicPierre Yves Drapeau
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sound designPierre Yves Drapeau
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musicianDenis ChartrandBernard CormierPierre Yves DrapeauÉric Lagacé
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foleyLise Wedlock
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animatorLiga SkirmaneVladimir LeschiovKristine ZvirbuleLennart Langanki
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online editingDenis Gathelier
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foley recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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re-recordingJean Paul Vialard
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titlesMélanie Bouchard
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digital imaging specialistPierre Plouffe
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technical coordinatorDaniel Lord
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marketing managerChristine Noël
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administratorDiane Régimbald
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administrative teamDiane AyotteKarine DesmeulesMichèle Labelle
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executive producerRené Chénier
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producerVladimir LeschiovMarc Bertrand
School Subjects
Notes
Ideal for classes and projects on storytelling and visual narratives. Describe the tone of this film. What is the filmmaker trying to get across in the different settings? Recreate the story of the protagonist’s life. What is happening in each of his memories? Identify the historical and cultural signifiers in the film. Write the story of a character’s life based on three events over the course of their life. What connects the three events?
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Rainy Days, Vladimir Leschiov, provided by the National Film Board of Canada