Drive My Car

Japan 2021, 179 minutes
Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [M] contains nudity & sex scenes
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Feat. Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Yoo-rim Park

“The result is a low-key but lingeringly resonant tale about a strange chapter in the life of a grieving theater director — an intimate stage whisper of a film in which every scene feels like a secret.”~David Ehrlich, IndieWire

Aroview: This winner of the Best International Feature at the 2022 Academy Awards is a slow-burn, methodical drama about a grieving stage actor and director who forms new relationships with the cast and crew of a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima, and especially a young woman who is appointed to drive his car.

NZ International Film Festival 2021