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Murakami adaptation by Japanese director Hamaguchi vies for Cannes awards Drive My Car centres on a theatre actor and director who is forced to confront the demons beneath the seemingly perfect surface of his marriage after it is rocked by infidelity and his wife dies.
A scene from Drive My Car. (Photo: The Match Factory)
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Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi unveiled his awards contender at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (Jul 11), a tale of heartbreak and regrets which emerges in almost road movie-style over the course of several car journeys.
July 12, 2021
published at 4:45 AMReuters
The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film Doraibu mai ka (Drive My Car) in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 11, 2021. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, cast members Toko Miura, Sonia Yuan, Reika Kirishima pose.
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CANNES, France, July 11 - Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi unveiled his awards contender at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (July 11), a tale of heartbreak and regrets which emerges in almost road movie-style over the course of several car journeys.
Drive My Car was adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami. Hamaguchi, who has notched up distinctions on the film circuit including in Berlin, said he was drawn by the potential of the enclosed space enveloping the characters.
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