Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio

Antoine D'Agata, Magnum photographer since 2004, is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where his artistic trail seems to reach an utmost point. After devoting himself to depicting desolated landscapes and borderline realities, D'Agata focuses his art on his intimate human relations. His latest work focuses on body and flesh, in a narrow room. This film catches the hidden part of his art making; his choice of living on the edge and experiencing sex with extreme vitality. It is an apocalyptic and sublime journey, similar to the ones of other heretic artists of contemporary culture, from Jack Kerouac to Antonin Artaud, from Francis Bacon to Pier Paolo Pasolini.

１９４５年８月。昭和天皇は疎開した皇后や皇太子たちと離れ、地下待避壕での生活を送っていた。御前会議で本土決戦を提唱する陸軍大臣に対し、天皇は明治天皇の歌を詠み、降伏の用意があることを示唆する。東京大空襲の悪夢にうなされて目を覚ました天皇は、侍従の迎えで占領軍最高司令官であるダグラス・マッカーサーとの会見に向かう。天皇はマッカーサーへ、連合国のどのような決定も受け入れる準備があると告げる。