Wagako 我が子 (my own child) - Feature Film

Tom, in her thirties, her Japanese wife Saki, and their 4-year-old son Genki, travel to Japan. Tom, who does not speak the language, is as thrilled as she is intimidated by the idea of discovering this country and seeing her in-laws again. But the joy of their reunion turns to tragedy when Saki suddenly dies of an aneurysm. Overnight, Saki's mother clames that it is now her duty to raise her grandson and cuts Tom out of their lives. Devastated by grief, in a country where the law does not recognize her rights, Tom will fight to remain the mother of her child.

Written and directed by Coralie Watanabe Prosper

Produced by Emma Blunden (Mirages Film, France), Miyuki Fukuma (Bunbuku, Japan), Delphine Tomson (Les Films du Fleuve, Belgium)

Writing Grant Région Sud, Writing Grant Région Ile-de-France, Kobe Film Office Grant, JFL 2024, Meditalents, Groupe Ouest, Artist in Residence Kobe, FFM Marseille, Dot on the Map Industry Days Cyprus, Résidence Trio by la Maison du Film, Wscripted’s Third Cannes Screenplay List USA, European Mentoring Collectif 50/50 Les Arcs IFF