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Of Love & Law (2017)

Of Love & Law (2017)

Documentary
Release Date: 2017, October 28
Directors: Hikaru Toda
Countries: France, United Kingdom, Japan
Cast: Kazuma, Kazuyuki Minami, Masafumi Yoshida, Yae Minami, Rokudenashiko, Hiroko Tsujitani, Masae Ido, Natsuo Yamamoto

Overview:

Fumi and Kazu have a lot to teach us about love. When they decide to stick their necks out and create the first LGBTQ+ law firm in Japan, they are drawn into the lives of people searching for protection and support. Despite their own relationship having no legal status, they work pro-bono for long hours, all the while foster-parenting a teenager. We meet with a colourful cast of misfits, dissidents and artists – from a delightful eccentric being prosecuted for her kitschy vagina sculptures, to a troubled outsider who, as the child of an ‘immoral woman’, has no legal identity. A saying is repeated throughout the film, that one must ‘read the air’ – conform to the tacit conservatism that forbids sexual diversity. With love, humour and serious legal chops, Fumi and Kazu do exactly the opposite.

Keywords:

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