ANTIPORNO

By Sion SONO

MUBI, INC - as DISTR Theatrical, VOD, USA, UK, France, Germany, World

Fantasy - Completed 2016

Freedom? What's that?

Festivals
& Awards

L'Étrange Festival 2016
Sitges FF 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Fantasy, Erotic
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sion SONO
    • Producer(s)
    • Naoko KOMURO (NIKKATSU CORPORATION)
    • Synopsis
    • A 21-year-old Kyoko is an up-and-coming artist filled with self-confidence. She often falls in to a slump and takes her frustration out on a 36-year-old assistant, Noriko, while overstating her creativity and artistry. Kyoko behaves like an absolute “queen” and humiliates Noriko sexually in front of staff.
      "Cut!", someone says suddenly. It is actually a filming location. Just then, it is Noriko that begins to berate Kyoko in violent terms. Noriko is well-experienced actress in reality. Their relationship between “a queen and a slave” is totally reversed.
      One film is shot within a film; another film is shot within the film, like a matrioshka. Sono expresses the reversing truth/falsity and strength/weakness through its subtle plot and the repeated descriptions of a disgraceful sex.