The Day the Sun Fell
Als die sonne vom himmel fiel
Directed by
Switzerland, Finland
2015
78 min
- German
- Japanese
Documentary
On the trail of her deceased grandfather, who was working as a young doctor in the Hiroshima hospital on the day the nuclear bomb was dropped in 1945, the film director encounters a former doctor and a nurse who made a similar experience. Her grandfather never discussed his experience during his lifetime, but the straightforwardness of her protagonists brings her closer to him. When, on 11 March 2011, there is another nuclear disaster, this time in Fukushima, her search takes a new turn.
Awards
- Best Original Music (Marcel Vaid) - Prix du Cinéma Suisse
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cinematography
- Mrinal Desai
- Editing
- Tania Stöcklin
- Music
- Marcel Vaid
- Production
- ICAN FILMS
Aya Domenig
Japan
Born 1972 in Japan. Joint Swiss and Japanese citizenship. Aya Domenig studied Social Anthropology, Film Studies and Japanology at Zurich University and graduated in Film Directing from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Her graduation short film HARU ICHIBAN (Spring Storm) was presented at important festivals such as Locarno, Winterthur and Clermont-Ferrand and won the Prix Cinécinéma at the Premier Plans Filmfestival in Angers. Her first feature length documentary THE DAY THE SUN FELL premiered at the 68th edition of the Locarno International Filmfestival (Critics Week).