Drive My Car

Drive My Car (2021), directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows theater director Yusuke as he mourns his wife Oto. To cope with his grief, he takes on a multilingual production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and hires a quiet chauffeur, Misaki Watari, to drive him. As rehearsals progress, an unlikely friendship forms between them, grounded in shared loss and silent understanding. The film meditates on grief, memory, and the redemptive power of art and connection. Acclaimed for its emotional depth, subtle performances, and poetic pacing, Drive My Car won Best Screenplay at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and is hailed as a modern masterpiece of Japanese cinema.

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