After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo and their son Toshi, receive an unexpected letter.
Kenzaburo's wife and Toshi's mother, Akiko, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child – Lake Windermere. But the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Arriving in England, with limited English and little knowledge of where he is going, a lost and weary Kenzaburo stumbles onto the doorstep of a farmer. With their help, Kenzaburo is finally able to set a course once again toward Lake Windermere, but his true journey toward reconciliation is to prove hardest of all.
From Tokyo to the Lake District, Cottontail is a universal portrait of love, acceptance and family loss from director Patrick Dickinson, featuring an understated and stunning performance from Hirokazu Kore-eda regular, Lily Franky (Shoplifters, Our Little Sister, Like Father, Like Son).
- Words by
- Joe Harris
- Featured in
- Film picks
