Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi unveils an almost road movie-style tale of heartbreak and regrets as his awards contender at the Cannes Film Festival
"Drive My Car" centres on a theatre actor and director played by Hidetoshi Nishijima, who is forced to confront the demons beneath the seemingly perfect surface of his marriage after it is rocked by infidelity and his wife dies.
Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi has unveiled his awards contender at the Cannes Film Festival, a tale of heartbreak and regrets which emerges in almost road movie-style over the course of several car journeys.
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