''Tokyo Fiancée'' is a 2014 Belgian romance-

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written and directed by

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. It is based on

Amélie Nothomb Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (; born 13 August 1967),''État présent de la noblesse belge'', éditions of 1979, 1995 and 2010. Her birth is announced in n° 87, aout 1967, p. 340 of the ''Bull ...

's 2007 autographical novel of the same name. The movie tells the story of a 21-year-old Belgian woman, Amélie (

Pauline Étienne Pauline Étienne (born 26 June 1989) is a Belgian actress who has received numerous awards for her acting. Her notable films include ''Le Bel Âge'' and ''Silent Voice (2009 film), Silent Voice'', for which she won the Lumières Award for Most P ...

), who has a romance with Rinri (

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), a young Japanese man in Tokyo. She met him when she offered French language tutoring services through a bulletin board. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

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. It received three nominations at the 5th Magritte Awards.

Plot

Amélie (

) is a Japanese-born woman who left at age five and grew up in Europe. At age 20, she decided to return to Japan to reconnect with the Japanese culture. She moves to a small apartment in Tokyo. To make a living, she puts up a poster offering French language tutoring. A young Japanese man, Rinri (

), starts taking language lessons with her. The two become romantically involved, and Rinri helps her to learn about Japanese culture by taking her to movies, restaurants and other events. She also takes a trip to Mount Fuji, where she gets lost and survives a cold night in a remote cabin. After the earthquake causes severe damage and loss of life, though, her neighbours and Rinri tell her that she must return to Europe, as the disaster is for Japan to deal with. On the plane, she says that she never saw Rinri again, and that she heard that he had married a Frenchwoman, a general's daughter. As for her, she'll keep that for another time.

Cast

as Amélie *

as Rinri *

Julie Le Breton Julie Le Breton is a French Canadian actress. She predominantly appears in French-language television series and films. Biography She is best known internationally for her appearance in '' The Rocket'', a French Canadian biopic about legendary i ...

as Christine *

Alice de Lencquesaing Alice de Lencquesaing (; born 11 August 1991) is a French actress who appeared in Mia Hansen-Løve's 2009 film '' Father of My Children'' with her father Louis-Do de Lencquesaing. Her mother is cinematographer Caroline Champetier Caroline Champe ...

as Yasmine *

Akimi Ota Akimi (written: 陽生 or 秋生) is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese professional footballer {{given name Japanese unisex given names ...

as Hara *

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as Hiroki

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tokyo Fiancee 2014 films 2014 romantic drama films Belgian romantic drama films 2010s French-language films 2010s Japanese-language films Films set in Tokyo Japan in non-Japanese culture 2014 multilingual films French-language Belgian films Belgian multilingual films