In competition films
Harmony
Harmony
by Takashi Nakamura, Michael Arias – Japan, 2015
(120', Original with subtitles)
It is a world reconstructed after the global chaos called “the Maelstrom”. In reaction to that event, the world put great value on extreme health-consciousness and societal harmony.Societies became centered around advanced medical care. But one girl, Miach Mihie, spends her days thinking of ways to defy this kind, benevolent world.
She and two other girls who are drawn to her attempt suicide one day. 13 years later, after having survived the suicide attempt, Tuan Kirie still despises the exceedingly kind Japanese society, which is why she now works on the front line of a peacekeeping operation in a warzone. But suddenly, a criminal organization causes the deaths of several thousand people. The group believes the world has become too used to peace, so they aim to plunge it into terror once more. Tuan suspects her old friend Miach, supposedly dead, is somehow involved. Tuan hits the road to prove whether her former friend with a death wish is actually alive and well.