Child of the Atom
2010 15min
A young girl and her father travel to Hiroshima, visiting its gardens, shops, museums, cafes. Across this journey, their family’s past—and its overwhelming intertwinement with the history of the city’s atomic bombing—unfolds at the alternated pace of apocalyptic Manga imagery and serene images of father and daughter’s wanders.
Storyline
A young girl and her father travel to Hiroshima, visiting its gardens, shops, museums, cafes. Across this journey, their family’s past—and its overwhelming intertwinement with the history of the city’s atomic bombing—unfolds at the alternated pace of apocalyptic Manga imagery and serene images of father and daughter’s wanders.