Films

• America、Japan/2010/132min.
• Director: Hisako Matsui

Leonie Gilmour, a Bryn Mawr graduate, starts working as an editorial help for a Japanese writer Yone Noguchi. Her respect for his talent soon turns into love, but Yone leaves her at the news of her pregnancy. Leonie gives birth to Isamu, who will grow up to be a renowned sculptor and architect.
A multinational project inspired by Masako Duus’s novel, “Leonie” is a sensitive portrayal of the independent and loving woman who was the mother of Isamu and dancer Ailes Gilmour.