DRIVE MY CAR

DRIVE MY CAR
January 13 and February 3,  2022
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, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace. Winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including Best Screenplay.
Dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi / 2021 / Japan / 179 min

“Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is a masterpiece.” – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

“It is an engrossing and exalting experience.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

“A masterpiece, a mysteriously enthralling creation that keeps you guessing about where it’s going, then reveals its essence with astonishing clarity.” – Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

SCREENING: FRI 1/7 7PM; SAT 1/8 7PM; THU 1/13 7PM; THU 2/3 7PM
Tickets available at the box office 1/2 hour before showtimes.

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