Minamata

2020
R
1h 55min

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Johnny Depp and Minami in Minamata (2020)

New York, 1971. Following his celebrated days as one of the most revered photojournalists of World War II, W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp) has become a recluse, disconnected from society and his career. But a secret commission from Life magazine editor Robert Hayes (Bill Nighy) sends him to the Japanese coastal city of Minamata, which has been ravaged by mercury poisoning; the result of decades of gross industrial negligence by the country's Chisso Corporation.

There, Smith immerses himself in the community, documenting their efforts to live with Minamata Disease and their passionate campaign to achieve recognition from Chisso and the Japanese government. Armed with only his trusted camera, Smith's images from the toxic village give the disaster a heartbreaking human dimension, and his initial assignment turns into a life-changing experience.

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El fotógrafo de guerra W Eugene Smith viaja a Japón para documentar el envenenamiento por mercurio de comunidades costeras enteras.El fotógrafo de guerra W Eugene Smith viaja a Japón para documentar el envenenamiento por mercurio de comunidades costeras enteras.El fotógrafo de guerra W Eugene Smith viaja a Japón para documentar el envenenamiento por mercurio de comunidades costeras enteras.

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24 k

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Premios
- 3 nominaciones en total

Trivia
The city of Minamata, Kumamoto, declined to lend its name as a supporter to a local screening held in August 2021 organized by volunteers, prior to the nationwide release of the film in Japan in September 2021. The city told The Asahi Shimbun that it was uncertain whether the film depicted historical events accurately and was conducive to dispelling discrimination and prejudice against patients. Kumamoto Prefecture, on the other hand, supported the screening.

Errores
Johnny Depp sings Forever Young by Bob Dylan in the film in 1971. The song was written in 1973 and released in 1974.

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8/10

Warmhearted directed portrait of a community ravaged by chemical pollution.

Slowburning, warmhearted, shocking portrait of the destruction of children's health by chemical pollution in Japan.

The story: Johnny Depp plays his usual clusmy, comical self, this time around he plays an American alcoholic master photographer. Out of the blue comes a Japanese woman at his door who asks him for his help to expose the pollution crimes through his photography.

Impressive movie, which starts out rather lighthearted and sometimes even kinda comical, only near the very end the drama hits full on, when we as an audience get to see the many disfigured, handicapped children, ruined for life by the chemical pollution of the river from which they ate the fish...

Produced by Johnny Depp himself. Based on true events...

Please have the patience to watch the final credits, because at the end many similar chemical pollution catastrophes are being shown from around the world, including Europe and the USA.