A scene from Drive My Car ((c) 2021 Drive My Car production committee)
PARIS Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi s Drive My Car will be screened in competition in the feature film category for the prestigious Palme d Or award at the 74th Cannes International Film Festival.
The festival will open July 6 in southern France for the first time in two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers said.
Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, the film stars Hidetoshi Nishijima. It will be released in Japan this summer. Although we re in a difficult situation due to the coronavirus crisis, I will be honored to set foot in Cannes with my crew who made the film together, Hamaguchi said in a comment released by the film s distributor.
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