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Of Love & Law (2017)
Fumi and Kazu have a lot to teach us about love. When they decide to stick their necks out and create the first LGBTQ+ law firm in Japan, they are drawn into the lives of people searching for protection and support. Despite their own relationship having no legal status, they work pro-bono for long hours, all the while foster-parenting a teenager. We meet with a colourful cast of misfits, dissidents and artists – from a delightful eccentric being prosecuted for her kitschy vagina sculptures, to a troubled outsider who, as the child of an ‘immoral woman’, has no legal identity. A saying is repeated throughout the film, that one must ‘read the air’ – conform to the tacit conservatism that forbids sexual diversity. With love, humour and serious legal chops, Fumi and Kazu do exactly the opposite.
Genres:
Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.woman-director,
imdb.openly-gay,
imdb.minority,
imdb.conformist-society,
imdb.homo,
imdb.homosexual,
imdb.lgbt-plus + 7 more,
imdb.lgbt,
imdb.gay-couple,
imdb.lawyer,
imdb.human-rights,
imdb.inequality,
imdb.gay-japanese,
aspectratio.1-78-1
Watch Providers: OVID
Runtime: 95 min.
Released: Oct. 28, 2017
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 15+
