Miserable Miracle
Ryo Orikasa
Japan | 2024 | 8’13 | Italian Preview
Inspired by the poems and drawings of Henri Michaux about his experience with Mescaline, Miserable Miracle explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, shapes and movement.
Director, writer: Ryo Orikasa
Producers: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Jelena Popović, Nobuaki Doi
Key Cast: Tony Robinow
Film editor: Serge Verreault
Mix: Jean Paul Vialard
Soundtrack: Sacha Ratcliffe
Ryo Orikasa
Born in Ibaraki (Japan) in 1986, Ryo Orikasa made a name for himself in 2015 with his animated short Datum Point, which won numerous awards, including the Golden Zagreb Award at Animafest Zagreb 2016 and the Best Experimental or Abstract Work Award at the 2016 Ottawa International Animation Festival. Fascinated by great literary works, which he adapts into animation with sensitivity and originality, the filmmaker was inspired by Henri Michaux and in 2023 signed Misérable miracle, a co-production between Miyu Productions (France), the NFB (Canada) and New Deer (Japan).
Filmography:
– 2011 – Scripta volent / Writings Fly Away (dessin au charbon de bois sur papier)
– 2015 – Suijun-genten / Datum Point (animation en argile)
– 2016 – Notre chambre / Echo Chamber (dessin au crayon et stylo)
– 2017 – Koto no Shidai / The State of Things (dessin sur papier, Photoshop)
– 2017 – Jimen no soko no byoki no kao / Sickly Face at the Bottom of the Ground
