Millennium Actress (2002)

Satoshi Kon · 87 min · Letterboxd ↗

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

Millennium Actress screens once in London: Prince Charles Cinema, Thursday 1 October at 11:50.