EN – Screenings – Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko

by Ayumu Watanabe
Movies for Middle school
Animation / Japan / 2021 / 1h37

Selected for the latest international Festival of animated film in Annecy, this colourful film takes a light, gentle approach to the mother-daughter relationship. Let yourself be devoured by the insatiable appetite of funny, endearing, mysterious Nikuko…

Synopsis: Lady Nikuko is unapologetically plump. She has a zest for life and a love for men who don’t always deserve her affection. She is a cook in a small restaurant that serves local cuisine and lives on a boat with her daughter Kikurin. Life together isn’t always easy, and everything gets shaken up when a secret emerges from the past…