Blending diary, personal correspondence, political essay and speculative fiction, Ana Vaz’s cinematic collage moves through a landscape of loss and renewal, tracing how communities seek to rebuild lives and hold on to meaning amid enduring uncertainty. Through its languid yet inquisitive gaze and fragmented yet richly tactile imagery, the film grapples with catastrophe, probing how radioactivity reconfigures the body’s experience of time and perception.
Hanabi, dir. Ana Vaz, France/Brazil 2026, English, Japanese with English subtitles, 105 min.
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Blending diary, personal correspondence, political essay and speculative fiction, Ana Vaz’s cinematic collage moves through a landscape of loss and renewal, tracing how communities seek to rebuild lives and hold on to meaning amid enduring uncertainty. Through its languid yet inquisitive gaze and fragmented yet richly tactile imagery, the film grapples with catastrophe, probing how radioactivity reconfigures the body’s experience of time and perception.
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