DRIVE MY CAR
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DRIVE MY CAR X Japan National Tourism Organisation
Welcome to the Virtual Cinema screening room of Drive My Car in partnership with the Japan National Tourism Organisation. This is your chance to see the award-winning, critically-acclaimed, audience-loving Murakami adaptation through The Japan Society network. Virtual Cinema extends the theatrical run of a film and gives back to cultural organisations by sharing box office returns.
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, Japan's Entry for the Academy Awards 2022 and nominated for a Golden Globe, 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
WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING
“A PROFOUNDLY BEAUTIFUL, HAUNTING MURAKAMI ADAPTATION”
★★★★★
THE TELEGRAPH
“MYSTERIOUS MURAKAMI TALE OF EROTIC AND CREATIVE SECRETS”
★★★★★
THE GUARDIAN
“JOURNEY WELL WORTH TAKING”
★★★★
TOTAL FILM
“A MASTERPIECE”
★★★★★
LITTLE WHITE LIES
Festivals + Awards
2021 Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection Palme d’Or Nominee, Winner, Best Screenplay and Fipresci Critics Award
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- Film Not In The English Language
2022 Academy Award Nominee – Best Picture, Director, International Feature, Adapted Screenplay
Nomination: Best Foreign Film- 2022 César Awards