10.30 Teatro Nuovo
World Premiere | In Competition | Online
TO LIVE AND SURVIVE IN NAGOYA
MIDNIGHT GIRLS
LE RAGAZZE DELLA MEZZANOTTE
IRENE VILLAMOR, PHILIPPINES 2026, 104’
Japayuki is the derogatory term used to describe the Filipino women who emigrated to Japan to become nightclub dancers, strippers, and prostitutes. Vicky, Paris, Saki and Wanna are four of them. Their daily lives in Nagoya are tough, but what they find even tougher is missing their families and their homeland. Asking "How are you all doing?" over the phone is the thing that brings them closest to everything we call home.