HAPPYEND

HAPPYEND

How quick­ly does a school beco­me a prison? 
Tokyo in the near future: the coun­try­’s prime minis­ter is incre­asing­ly tur­ning Japan into a poli­ce sta­te and divi­ding the popu­la­ti­on. Mistrust and hat­red are spre­a­ding, while fri­ends Ko and Yuta are play­ing a harm­less prank on their prin­ci­pal. Immediately the­re are accu­sa­ti­ons of ter­ro­rism. In respon­se, the school installs a sur­veil­lan­ce sys­tem. Ko and Yuta have to deci­de: Put up resis­tance or keep your head down? The sci-fidra­ma HAPPYEND sur­pri­ses with mini­ma­list back­drops and dis­pen­ses with opu­lent sta­ging. Precisely becau­se of Neo Sora’s sus­pi­cious­ly per­fect aes­the­tics unleash all the oppres­si­on of the sta­te. Little by litt­le, it beco­mes clear that some­thing is wrong here. Perhaps we are not the only ones wat­ching? (LGR)