SUN MARCH 20, 2022 2:00 PM

DRIVE MY CAR

Free (members-only)

Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Ryūsuke Hamaguchi. Moderated by Joshua Rothkopf.

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  • RELEASED IN: 2021
  • 179 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI

ABOUT THE FILM

Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), 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 Watari (Toko Miura), 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 Koji Takatsuki, 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, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s DRIVE MY CAR is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films