Minamata (film)

Movie
Original title	Minamata
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English , Japanese
Publishing year	2020
length	115 minutes
Rod
Director	Andrew Levitas
script	David K. Kessler , Stephen Deuters , Andrew Levitas, Jason Forman
production	Johnny Depp , Bill Johnson , David K. Kessler, Andrew Levitas, Sam Sarkar , Gabrielle Tana , Kevan Van Thompson
music	Ryuichi Sakamoto
camera	Benoît Delhomme
cut	Nathan Nugent
occupation
Johnny Depp : W. Eugene Smith Hiroyuki Sanada : Mitsuo Yamazaki Minami: Aileen Bill Nighy : Robert "Bob" Hayes Jun Kunimura : Junichi Nojima Ryo Kase : Kiyoshi Tadanobu Asano : Tatsuo Matsumura Akiko Iwase : Masako Matsumura Katherine Jenkins : Millie

Minamata is a film drama by Andrew Levitas that premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2020 . The biography tells about the photographer W. Eugene Smith and how he told the world about a mass poisoning with mercury in the Japanese city of Minamata .

production

For the American painter, sculptor, photographer and actor Andrew Levitas, Minamata was the second feature film after his debut film Lullaby (2014). The shooting took place from January 2019 in Minamata, Serbia and Montenegro. The first screening of the film took place on February 21, 2020 as part of the Berlin Film Festival .

reception

Overall, the film received mixed feedback from the critics.

Web links

• Minamata in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Minamata in the program of the Berlin Film Festival
• Johnny Depp fighting human injustice. Film review in: Uncut.at 2020,

Individual evidence

1. ^ First Look At Johnny Depp As Photographer W. Eugene Smith In 'Minamata'; Bill Nighy Joins Cast , accessed May 24, 2020
2. ↑ Minamata. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
3. ↑ Minamata. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 10, 2020.