After the multi awarded “Moriyama-San”, “Tokyo Ride” is a new step of Bêka & Lemoine’s immersion within Tokyo’s busy daily life. Revisiting the genre of the road movie in a very diaristic and personal way, the film takes us on board of Ryue Nishizawa’s vintage Alfa Romeo for a day long wandering in the streets of Tokyo.
More than a portrait, in the classical sense, of one of the most talented and celebrated Japanese architect of today, the film renders in its pure spontaneity the experience of this friendly urban drift. Ryue Nishizawa narrates along the way his strong relationship with his home town through some sites he personally affectionates, buildings that have influenced him, and some of his own architecture projects.
The film questions how rooted architecture practice is and how much the built and cultural environment feeds and shapes our imagination.
“Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine’s way to look at architecture is similar to the vision of a cat walking through buildings in the city. It’s a really interesting way to see!” - Ryue Nishizawa
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PRESS:
“Original, engaging and poetic.” - Artribune
“Masterpiece!” - Elle Decor
"Brilliant!". Designboom
"Memorable"! Damn
"Fantastic!" - Tages-Anzeiger
“Elegantly meandering. A road movie like no other!” - Azure
“Fascinating!” - Living, Corriere della Sera
“Utterly charming!” - CulturZohn
“Wonderful!” - Joseph Grima
“Excellent! Another great piece of work by Bêka & Lemoine.” - Fredy Massad - ABC
"Nishizawa's car is a "psychogeographical" element that of move the characters in space memory". Irenebrination
“Your work made me very excited. Your sense of music is great.” - Yasuo Moriyama, aka Moriyama-San
"The work of Bêka and Lemoine, foremost architectural artists and filmmakers, captures a nuanced and human relationship, the story that’s rarely told in relation to our built environment." Damn Magazine
"A perfect filmic jewel" Filmexplorer
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* Best Prize, Depth of Field Competition - DOCAVIV Film Festival, 2020
* Best Prize, Milano Design Film Festival, MDFF 2020
OFFICIAL SELECTION | FIFA Montreal, 2021 | CPH:DOX Copenhagen, 2021 | BARQ Barcelona, 2021 | AFFR Rotterdam, 2020 | CAFx Copenhagen, 2020 | MDFF Milano, 2020 | ADFF New York, 2020 | JAP Bruxelles, 2020 | CAMP Praha, 2020 | DocAviv, Tel Aviv, 2020 | FIFA, Montreal 2021, | CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, 2021...
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Black and white, 90 min.
Language: English, with English Subtitles
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