Hâmonî (2015)

	Also Known As: Harmony
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Takashi Nakamura, Michael Arias
	Actors: -
	Country: J
	Genre: Animation, SF, Polar
	Conditions of visioning: 25.05.2016, Mal Seh'n Kino, Japanese with English subtitles, NCF2016
Synopsis: In a short term future, Toan travels around the globe, working for a World Health Organisation (WHO) medical care program. When an infiltration of the corresponding surveillance system triggers a suicide wave, Toan must face the ghosts of her past.
Review: The author of the original novel, Project Itoh aka Satori Ito, became many awards in Japan for the Science Fiction novels he had written, Genocidal Organ, Harmony and Empire of Corpses. Many stories related to the body and the medicine. He died from cancer at age 34.  The movie is almost fully in off tone with few dialogues. The two main characters, Toan and her school girlfriend Miach are very rich and have strong backgrounds. Each phrase and character (including secondary ones) seem to have a major importance, but as no progress to provide clarity is given, I felt more this as a melancholic atmosphere. In particular Miach is fascinating. The global conspiration theory to control the health and the conscience of the humans is explained along the movie and its history as well. The content seems so rich that the anime cannot be satisfying.  The camera driving is done as if it was a real movie, for the focus for instance. And this did a good impression on me. But sometimes the camera movement is a bit exaggerated with some shaking. From the three novels, all have been shot as anime. So there is still more to discover from this author, and also the novels themselves.
Rating: 4 /10