DRIVE MY CAR

Drama | Japanese | 179 min

Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is a haunting road movie travelling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace.

Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, a renowned stage actor and director receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theatre festival in Hiroshima. There, an introverted young woman is assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his own beloved red Saab 900. Together, they confront painful truths raised from the past and find new ways to move forward.

Cannes Film Festival nominee for the Palme d'Or and winner of the Best Screenplay Award; 4x Academy Award® Nominations and Academy Award® winner for Best International Feature Film; 3x BAFTA nominations and BAFTA winner for Best Film Not In The English Langauge; Golden Globe winner for Best International Feature; Independent Spirit and 4 UK Critics Circle Awards.

Directed and co-written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima

 
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“mysterious Murakami tale of erotic and creative secrets”
★★★★★

— THE GUARDIAN

 

“A MAsterpiece”
★★★★★

— LITTLE WHITE LIES

 

“SPELLBINDING”
★★★★

— TIME OUT

“a profoundly beautiful, haunting Murakami adaptation”
★★★★★

— THE TELEGRAPH

 

“journey well worth taking”
★★★★

— TOTAL FILM

 

“MESMERISING”
★★★★

— EMPIRE

FESTIVALS + AWARDS

2021 Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection Palme d’Or Nominee, Winner, Best Screenplay

2021 BFI London Film Festival
Special Presentation

2021 Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection

2021 New York Film Festival
Official Selection

2021 Melbourne IFF
Official Selection

#1 Film of 2021 – Manohla Dargis at The New York Times, Barack Obama’s Favorite Film of the Year

In Top 5 Films of 2021 - The Guardian, Sight and Sound, Film Comment, Cahiers du Cinéma

Winner: Best Film – 2021 New York Film Critics Circle, LA Film Critics Association, Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Winner: Best International Feature – 2021 Gotham Awards

Winner: Best Screenplay – 2021 Cannes Film Festival, LA Film Critics Association

Winner: Best International Feature - 2022 Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, Critics Choice

Nominated for 4 UK Critics Circle Awards - Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Foreign Language Film

2022 BAFTA Awards Nominee- Adapted Screenplay, Director, Film Not In The English Language

2022 BAFTA Awards Winner- Best Film Not In The English Language

2022 Academy Award® Nominee – Best Picture, Director, International Feature, Adapted Screenplay

2022 Academy Award® Winner- Best International Feature Film

Nomination: Best Foreign Film- 2022 César Awards