Maelstrom

Mizuko YAMAOKA graduates from art school in New York in 2002 and is living her dream far away from home. After a bicycle accident, she has to depend on a wheelchair and must return to her parents in Japan. Yet, even then, she refuses to give up. With striking private footage, MAELSTROM is a personal documentary about believing in art, the struggle to fulfill one’s wishes and the value of life.