FARGO — Heavy rain fell across the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert during September, producing large lakes of floodwater in the sand and creating surreal scenery in the process.

Premiering at the Tokyo Film Festival, director Shinzo Katayama's genre-bending adaptation of Yoshiharu Tsuge's autobiographical manga charts a strange and complicated love triangle.

Mrs Merkel (C) has been listening to residents' accounts of the flooding German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed shock at what she described as surreal ... Heavy rain is continuing to ...