ROCA

A film by Koji Fukada

comedy / Japan / Color / status : in pre-production / Japanese

Adapted from a manga by Hisaichi Ishii (“My Neighbors the Yamadas”), ‘Roca’ follows teenagers Roca, an aspiring fado singer, and Mino, the daughter of a small-time yakuza, who develop a close connection. But as Roca’s musical ambitions begin to take shape, Mino’s increasingly dangerous activities threaten to pull them apart, forcing Roca to choose between her future and the person who has always protected her.