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Drive My Car

7.4/ 10

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2021

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179 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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.

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Keywords

infidelity
japan
loss of loved one
theater play
theater director
road trip
hiroshima, japan
grief
rehearsal
audition
sensuality
old car
driver
artistic sex
based on short story
sign languages
reflective
slow cinema
bilingual
loss of child

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Reviews(2)

8.5avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 27, 2022

7
7/10

"Kafuku" (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an accomplished stage actor who is directing a performance of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" with a group of young actors. He arrives at the venue in his red Saab motor car, determined that only he will drive himself. That's not the policy of the theatre, though, and soon

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badelf

June 29, 2022

10
10/10

I find this film to be a near perfect drama. I understand that most Americans and perhaps younger viewers everywhere will not appreciate the pacing of the movie. There are two things about this movie that make it an actor's movie. First is the play within the play: the play within is Chekhov's Un

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