Film Set in Japan’s Countryside Part of Film at Lincoln Center Series
The Height of Coconut Trees
Tuesday, April 8 at 8:30 p.m.
Walter Reade Theater – 165 W. 65th Street
Thursday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m.
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2 at MoMA – 11. W. 53rd Street
Admission: $18 General Public | $15 Students
Film at Lincoln Center presents the North American premiere of The Height of Coconut Trees, the debut film of Chinese cinematographer-turned-director Du Jie that is set in the stunning Japanese countryside. The selection is part of the 54th New Directors/New Films 2025 series presented by The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center.
The April 8 screening at Walter Reade Theater features a Q&A with director Du Jie.
Discount for JCNYC Members
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The Height of Coconut Trees by Du Jie
About The Height of Coconut Trees
Du Jie | 2024 | 100 minutes | Japanese with English subtitles
Chinese cinematographer-turned-director Du Jie makes a seamless transition with The Height of Coconut Trees, a debut set in Japan that is equal parts sumptuous and piercing. While Sugamoto’s relationship is coming undone, Rin mourns the suicide of his girlfriend. When calamity strikes, Sugamoto visits the countryside resort Rin has taken over to combat his grief, uniting two people for whom life has been an unbearable procession of yearning and loss.
From these plots Du turns Coconut Trees into a miniature travelogue and existential road picture—come for the beautiful locales, stay for a conversation about fate, faith, and regret worthy of Rohmer—with faint wisps of a ghost tale.
New Directors/New Films 2025
To learn more about New Directors/New Films 2025 at FLC and MoMA, please visit https://www.newdirectors.org/##films.
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