Hawaii International Film Festival  
Spring 2009
GU-GU THE CAT

Overcome with grief when her beloved cat passes on, Asako, a manga artist, finds that she can no longer concentrate on her latest project. Her assistants try their utmost to cheer her up but are ineffective, until a kitten named Gu-gu comes into their lives. With the help of Gu-gu and her assistants, Asako begins once again to appreciate the simple joys of life and continue her work. GU-GU THE CAT is a heartwarming crowd pleaser especially made for those who understand the inspiration, comfort, strength and love pets give unconditionally. » More

SUMMER HOURS

Hélène gathers her children and grandchildren at her French country estate to celebrate her 75th birthday. Their gift of a tricky-to-use mobile phone, however, seems to symbolize the 21st-century pressures that are closing in on her precious way of life. The growing sense the exquisite Hélène—the niece of a famous artist—has of her own mortality leads her to bequeath her most valuable artwork and furniture to her closest family: her eldest son Frédéric, daughter Adrienne and brother Jérémie. Gradually, Director Assayas shows how family ties, even in affectionate families, inevitably erode over time. SUMMER HOURS is a bittersweet elegy about love and memory and the ways in which we hold them. » More

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