THE REASON I JUMP
synopsis
Based on the book The Reason I Jump written by Naoki Higashida a non-verbal autistic Japanese boy. Translated from Japanese in 2013 by acclaimed novelist David Mitchell, the book is now a worldwide bestseller, offering an illuminating and life-enhancing guide to Planet Autism – a planet that has very different laws from the one most inhabit. The book, written when its author was unknown and only 13, is now a bestseller in 27 languages, and has become one of the world’s most widely-read guides to Autism, offering an extraordinary passport to another world. The book's question-and-answer format gives a remarkable insight into the thoughts and feelings of an autistic person who cannot talk; a Rosetta stone that allows us to hear what it’s like to be autistic. This feature documentary is a cinematic translation of the experiences revealed in the book, weaving Naoki’s writings around stories of non-verbal autistic people across the globe, immersing us in their unique sensory worlds, full of intensity, richness, and beauty - and sometimes shadows and terror.
international title: | The Reason I Jump |
original title: | The Reason I Jump |
country: | United Kingdom, United States |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Jerry Rothwell |
screenplay: | Naoki Higashida |
cinematography by: | Ruben Woodin Dechamps |
film editing: | David Charap |
music: | Nainita Desai |
producer: | Jeremy Dear, Stevie Lee, Al Morrow |
co-producer: | Sam Payne |
executive producer: | Stewart Le Marechal, Jonny Persey, Peter Webber, Paul G. Allen, Rocky Collins, Jannat Gargai, Ruth Johnston, Carole Tomko, Lizzie Francke |
production: | Met Film Production, The Ideas Room, Runaway Fridge Productions, Vulcan Productions (US) |
backing: | BFI (UK) |