A melancholy slow-burn unfolds as a theater director and his driver navigate grief and past secrets.
Intimate. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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