Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

In a sleepy semi-rural town in central Japan, Ritsuko works on a factory production line. Complete devotion to her job keeps her mind away from a tragedy that happened some time ago. Chinatsu is new on the job and almost eight months pregnant. Despite this, she is up to the task – cheerful, eager to learn, and ready to reassure her new employer that her pregnancy won’t affect her performance. Ritsuko is assigned to train the new worker. She dutifully gives her a tour of the facility and schools Chinatsu on how to inspect the caps and nozzles for any number of flaws, but behind her accommodating smile there’s an icy reserve. Ritsuko is a woman apart from the rest of the workers. She rarely joins in the daily chatter and gossip on the inspection line, and in the evening she walks home alone through the rice fields that surround the factory. While fellow workers pamper and coo over the heavily pregnant Chinatsu, Ritsuko feels only jealousy and hostility. Chinatsu tries to befriend her by tailing her on walks along the fields. Will Ritsuko be able to face her reflection or must she destroy it?

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