THE PEOPLE GARDEN (Canada/Japan 2015) ***
Directed by Nadia Litz
Starring: Dree Hemingway, Pamela Anderson, François Arnaud
Redview by Gilbert Seah
Nadia Litz’s low budget mystery drama is yet another film set in the foothills of Mt. Fuji, Japan. The recent horror film THE FOREST and the yet to be released Cannes premiered Gus Van Sant’s THE SEA OF TREES are the other recent two. What is fascinating about the film’s setting though not specifically mentioned in THE PEOPLE GARDEN, is that the Japanese with the intention of committing suicide go there to commit the deed. Director Litz’s heroine, known as Sweetpea (Dree Hemmingway) ventures to Japan to break up with her boyfriend, Jamie (Francois Arnaud). Her film is bookended by the couple dancing in a club to the an old 80’s dance song.
When the film opens, Sweetpea lands in Tokyo. But Jamie does not meet her at the…
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