Rikishi

SINOPSIS

Humiliated at the swimming pool by a classmate who compares him to a sumo wrestler, Jason tries to drown him. The teenager is suspended for three days for this violent attack... Alone at home, he decides to learn more about these wrestlers, the "rikishi", seen as demi-gods in Japan.

Direction, screenplay: Julien Menanteau (France, 2016)
Cast: Loïc Lacoua (Jason), Valérie Lemaitre (the mother), Salomé Baranow (Éva), Sandor Funtek (Younes)
Genre: comedy drama
Awards: selected at the Light House Film Festival, the Orlando Film Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival (USA, 2017) and the Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (India, 2017)