The Goddess of 1967

The story unfolds in the late 1960s, a time of rapid technological change, car culture, and shifting social mores. The 1967 Citroën DS (Goddess) embodies a blend of elegance and rebellion, signaling JM's search for meaning beyond wealth. The setting uses the era's contrasts—modern urban life and frontier outback—to amplify the characters' emotional journeys.

Tokyo is depicted as a pristine yet unfriendly hi-tech city shrouded in blue-grey smog, where JM's life unfolds in a sterile apartment. The journey then takes the characters into the Australian Outback, a spectacular but harsh landscape that tests them with its vast emptiness and danger. The contrast between the city and the remote interior frames the film's themes of isolation and pursuit.

💎 Materialism

JM's obsession with acquiring the exact 1967 Citroën DS is driven by a desire to fill an emotional void left by a bereavement and a hollow life in Tokyo. The car becomes a shiny talisman that promises happiness, only to reveal the emptiness of wealth and status when real relationships are at stake.

🌀 Trauma

BG carries a heavy past of abuse and danger, which shapes her distrust and survivalist behavior. The flashbacks reveal the scars behind her blindness and her ruthless caution, while the journey toward the outback becomes a path toward healing, or at least a chance to be seen.

🚗 Journey

The road trip fuses danger, companionship, and self-discovery as JM and BG navigate harsh landscapes and malevolent strangers. Their evolving bond tests boundaries and expectations, culminating in personal reconciliation and the choice to move forward together rather than toward conquest.