A solitary man struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state envisioning the promise of regeneration. ROSEWATER tells a story of hope sustained through perseverance, ritual and, ultimately, revelation.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kimikat Productions
Keywords
- rose
- urban life
- loneliness
- black and white
- gas mask
- roses
- urban decay
- woman director
- solitude
- urbanism
- short film
- city
- experimental
- 16mm film
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Top Cast
Ted Bourne as Carwasher
Kim-Lou Conigliaro as Woman With Apple
John X. Kim as Man With Newspaper
Meg Knowles as Woman With Baby
Keiichi Kondoh as Man With Rose
Top Crew
Kimi Takesue · Director, Writer
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