My Sunshine (Japanese: ぼくのお日さま, Boku no Ohisama) is a Japanese coming-of-age sports drama film written and directed by Hiroshi Okuyama.
Premise
My Sunshine centres on Takuya (Koshiyama) and Sakura (Nakanishi), a young boy and girl who are training together as ice dancers under the tutelage of Arakawa (Ikematsu), a figure skating coach.
Cast
- Keitatsu Koshiyama as Takuya
- Kiara Nakanishi as Sakura
- Sosuke Ikematsu as Arakawa
- Ryuya Wakaba as Igarashi
- Yunho as Kosei
- Maho Yamada as Maho Mikami
Production
To garner natural performances, Okuyama did not provide a script to the film's young actors prior to filming. Actors were given the bare minimum dialogue once on set and asked to improvise the rest of their lines.
Release
The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was named as a nominee for the Queer Palm.
It was also invited at the 29th Busan International Film Festival in 'Special program in focus' Teenage Minds, Teenage Movies section and it will be screened in October 2024.
Reception
Critical reception
The film holds a 91% "Fresh" score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews with an average rating of 8.5/10. Pete Hammond of Deadline characterized My Sunshine as a "quiet and lilting charmer of a coming-of-age story."
Accolades
References
External links
- My Sunshine at IMDb
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