Thanks in no small part to the presence in of its lead actor in Potsdamer Platz, Minamata was among the starrier titles premiering at the 2020 Berlinale (which was, incredibly, an in-person event just a year ago). The drama, directed by Andrew Levitas, featured Johnny Depp asnoted American photographer Eugene Smith, who in the 1970s would document the devastating effects of mercury poisoning in coastal Japan.