cottontail

Fulfilling a last wish is the start to the road of reconciliation for a father and son in Patrick Dickinson’s delicately composed, sensitive family drama, elevated by a touching performance from Lily Franky.

Developed from Dickinson’s admired, semi-autobiographical short Usagi-San (2013), Cottontail begins in Tokyo where widower Kenzaburo (Lily Franky) is adrift after the death of his wife Akiko (Tae Kimura). He is surprised to be handed a letter in which Akiko makes one last request.