Cutie and the Boxer (IX week with AFG film club)

Cutie and the Boxer2013, USA, R, 82 min, Documentary / Biography, BR
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Stars: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, Alex Shinohara
Academy-Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature! In New York City in 1969, 19-year-old art student Noriko fell in love with 41-year-old avant-garde artist Ushio Shinohara and put her career on hold to marry and support this rising star of the Manhattan art world. After 40 years, their roles shifted. Now 80 and still struggling, Ushio is consumed with reinforcing his legacy via his “boxing” paintings, while Noriko is now finding her own creative voice through a series of drawings entitled “Cutie And Bullie” that depict their chaotic relationship and her desire to escape her husband's shadow and be respected as an artist in her own right. Featuring original artwork by Noriko and Ushio Shinohara, CUTIE AND THE BOXER is a powerful and poignant documentary about creativity, sacrifice, and a love that is its own unique work of art.
BR donated to the program by Hovhannes Ishkhanyan
* Free Admission. All films are in original language with English subtitles.
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