Labyrinth of Cinema

The Portuguese premiere of director Nobuhiko Obayashi's masterpiece is part of the thematic cycle "Am I Guilty?".

The Labyrinth of Cinema creates, with unpretentious subtlety, a connection to guilt, shame, history and cinema, suggesting the possibility of redemption through the cinematic experience.

Setouchi Kinema, the only surviving movie theater in the city of Onomichi, is about to close its doors. It's the last night of its existence and the program consists of an all-night marathon screening of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men in the audience find themselves thrown back in time into the world inside the screen. The trio are thrust into the Boshin war, the second Sino-Japanese war, the battle of Okinawa and then finally Hiroshima on the eve of the atomic bombing. There, they meet the traveling theater troupe Sakura-Tai. But can they alter the course of destiny to save the troupe? The Labyrinth of Cinema is an anti-war fantastic drama of 2019.