Movie Description

Shell and Joint

(2019)

Overview

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

Cast

Facts

Original TitleShell and Joint

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2019-04-22

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 34m

Homepagehttp://shellandjoint.com/

Genres

  • Drama