CANNES, France – Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi unveiled his awards contender at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, 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.
“What I found fascinating was how the intimacy is brought into the car through the long conversations between the characters,” Hamaguchi told Reuters in Cannes shortly before the film’s red carpet premiere…
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