市民の願いで誕生し52年愛された沼影市民プール。解体に対し存続署名運動が起こるも2024年に閉園。その最後の49日間を描くドキュメンタリー。
A documentary recording the final 49 days of Numakage Civic Pool in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, until it closed its doors for good. Born in 1971 from citizens' wishes for "a pool in a city without a sea," Numakage Civic Pool served as a place of rest, encounter, and health for the community, visited by approximately 6 million people over 52 years. However, in 2021, Saitama City announced the pool's demolition and the construction of an integrated elementary and junior high school. Despite over 900 public comments and petitions signed by more than 10,000 people calling for its preservation, the plan proceeded, and in March 2024, Numakage Civic Pool quietly ended its role. Director Shingo Ota, known for works like "The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed" and "Liberated Zone," turns his camera on the 49 days leading up to the pool's final day of operation, examining what the loss of a public facility brings to citizens. During the production phase, it became the first Japanese project to receive the "First Cut+ Works in Progress Award" at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024 in the Czech Republic. After completion, it was also screened at the 30th Busan International Film Festival's Wide Angle section and the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
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