Rent a Family Inc.

Synopsis

Ryuichi runs a small Japanese company “I Want To Cheer You Up Ltd” operating it from his mobile phone and his laptop. He rents out people: family members, friends, colleagues or others, to help other people hide their secrets and make their life look better of just ...perfectly normal. On the surface Ryuichi has an ordinary family life. His own family has no knowledge of this and he therefore lives a double life himself. Will Ryuchi succeed in maintaining his secret or will he realize that helping others, requires the courage to help himself and expose his secret double life to his family?

Director Biography

Kaspar Astrup Schröder’s film The Invention of Dr. Nakamats competed at major festivals in 2009 and 2010, including IDFA, Thessaloniki, Full Frame Film Festival, Hot Docs, True/False and Melbourne Film Festival. The film has been sold to over 15 territories. Schröder’s latest documentary My Playground (2010) was selected for IDFA 2010. Schröder also works as a composer, artist and editor. He recently edited Last White Man Standing (2010) produced for ITVS, BBC, DR-TV and SVT.