
MadeinhomagetoKenjiMiyazawa’schildren’ssci-ficlassicMILKYWAYRAILROAD,NIGHTPASSAGEisthelatestexperimentalfeaturefromcelebratedfilmmakerTrinhT.Minh-haandartistJeanPaulBourdier(REASSEMBLAGE,THEFOURTHDIMENSION,ATALEOFLOVE,SHOOTFORTHECONTENTS,SURNAMEVIETGIVENNAMENAM).Thisprovocativedigitaltaletellsthestoryofthreeyoungfriendstravelingforabriefmomenttogetheronthetrainbetweenlifeanddeath.Theirjourneyintoandoutofthelandof‘awakeneddreams’occursonalongrideonanighttrain.Ingeniouslyframedthroughthetrainwindow,filmmakerTrinhT.Minh-haandartistJeanPaulBourdiercreatewhimsicalandsensualdreamscapes,whichismatchedbyanequallybeautifulandother-worldlymusicscore.Onceagain,Minh-hashiftsthewaysheengageswiththeformandthespiritofthecinema—tochallengeandprovokeheraudience.
