Synopsis: Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness and is in and out of the hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world…

Chie Hayakawa: Born in Tokyo, she studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film, Niagara (2014), was selected in the Cinéfondation section at Cannes Film Festival 2014 and received awards in numerous international film festivals. Her short film Plan 75 was the opening segment of the anthology feature Ten Years Japan (2018), executive-produced by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The short was expanded into her feature film debut, Plan 75, which was awarded the Camera d’Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. She was also awarded Best Director at Thessaloniki and was nominated and awarded at numerous international film festivals.
Renoir marks Japanese writer-director Chie Hayakawa’s second film, following her feature directorial debut PLAN 75, which was selected in Un Certain Regard and awarded the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Plan 75 screened at over 30 international film festivals and achieved sales to over 20 countries, from North America, across Europe, to Asia.