T wo Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake ( All the Long Nights , Small, Slow But Steady ) is the winner of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival ’s international competition, which was honored with the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the Swiss town on Saturday.

The Japanese drama, based on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by Yoshiharu Tsuge, follows Lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is happening in her life.

“We finally have Japan in the competition again,” Locarno artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro had told THR about the film marking Japan’s return to the competition lineup.

T wo Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake ( All the Long Nights , Small, Slow But Steady ) is the winner of the 78th edition of the Locar

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