Drive My Car
At the simplest of its many intricate levels, 'Drive My Car' is a masterpiece - haunting and true, melancholy and wise - inspired by another.
Drive My Car
Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki, a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900. As the production’s premiere approaches, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke’s late wife. Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins - with the help of his driver – to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.
Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s DRIVE MY CAR is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace. Winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including Best Screenplay.
Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s DRIVE MY CAR is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace. Winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including Best Screenplay.
Genre
Drama,
Festival Favorite
Web Site
Runtime
179
Language
Japanese,
Korean,
Cantonese,
Mandarin,
Tagalog,
Indonesian,
German,
Malaysian
Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Writer(s)
Haruki Murakami,
Takamasa Oe
Cast
Hidetoshi Nishijima,
Toko Miura,
Reika Kirishima,
Park Yurim,
Jin Daeyeon,
Masaki Okada
Awards:
Winner, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ~ Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Best Picture, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Winner, Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Picture, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Director, Academy Awards
Winner, Best Foreign Film, Spirit Awards
MOREPlayed at
Glendale 12.10.21 - 3.10.22
Claremont 5 12.17.21 - 12.24.21
Playhouse 7 1.14.22 - 2.24.22
Town Center 5 1.14.22 - 1.27.22
NoHo 7 1.21.22 - 2.24.22
Newhall 1.21.22 - 2.03.22
Monica Film Center 1.28.22 - 4.07.22
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