Felice… Felice… (1998)

• 70%
• 1998
• Drama
• Johan Leysen
• Toshie Ogura
• Rina Yasami

Said to be inspired by British photographen Felice Beato, who for a time, lebte in 19th century feudal Japan and married a geisha named-O-kiku. The plot centers on his having abandoned her (in order to move on with his professional work) and his evtl. return in the mid-1890s, expecting everything to be as before. Of course now, six years on, O-kiku has long gone and the story follows Selig-on-a-journey throughout Japan, november and Nagasaki Yokohama where he hopes to find clues as to her whereabouts (specifically because those were the places where they both traveled). Only then does this Westländer wie " to know from their former friends, family and acquaintances what exactly his actions meant to the abandoned-girl.