Mitsuko Delivers

Mitsuko is a carelessly joyous Japanese gal in her twenties who doesn't care a dime of life’s rules and obligations. No money, no problem, when you can float on the waves of the sea of life towards the direction where wind and clouds take you. And when sometimes everything seems to disintegrate, a small nap on a park bench would do, as eventually all will turn out well.

However, Mitsuko has problems and plenty of them. Come to think of parents who fail epically in the continuous efforts to keep up a gambling salon, and of course her main preoccupation - soon to be born baby, whose father is a big, black sailor from America called … Was it Jack?

One of the notable directors of new generation of Japanese filmmakers, Yuya Ishii’s MITSUKO DELIVERS is a lighthearted and joyous comedy on the small pleasures and big obstacles in life, turning into a sudden festival hit all over the world. Fluctuating between the witty dialogue ridden scenes, once pitiful and then energy blasting characters, and last but not least a Kusturica-like over the top jamboree, Ishii humorously observes and criticizes the rules, norms and personas of Japanese society. Nevertheless, the film deeply addresses universally touching themes, as in the global world free of social guarantees, anyone can be caught between the cogwheels of life.

Restlessly spurting to its exploding finale, the message of one of the tastiest vitamin bombs of this year’s PÖFF is simple - have a little smile and help your friends, as suddenly it might be you who will need their love and support. Meanwhile have a short nap and wait for the right wind to blow.

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