Horizons / Soudain / France, Japan, Germany, Belgium 2026
Marie-Lou is the director of a nursing home, where she is trying to implement a new, more humane approach to caring for her clients. However, she runs into resistance from the staff, who are used to the old way of doing things. Meanwhile, theatre director Mari is presenting a new play while struggling with advanced cancer. When these two women meet by chance, a powerful bond forms between them, founded on mutual understanding and deep philosophical discussions on life and love, but also on capitalism and social structures. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi follows up on his Oscar-winning Drive My Car with a new film whose meditative and deeply emotional tone won over audiences at the main competition in Cannes, where its two leads shared the award for Best Actress.
Petra Vočadlová
196 min / Color, DCP
Director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
/ Screenplay Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
/ Dir. of Photography Alan Guichaoua
/ Sound Thomas Gauder, Pierre Mertens, Paul Heymans
/ Editor Azuza Yamakazi, Minori Akimoto
/ Producer Renan Artukmaç, Bettina Brokemper, Charlotte Dauphin
/ Production Cinefrnace Studios, Office Shirous, Bitters End, Inc
/ Coproduction Arte France, Heimatfilm GmbH + CO KG, Same Player
/ Cast Virginie Efira, Tao Okamato, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Kodai Kurosaki, Jean-Charles Clichet, Marie Bunel
/ Sales Cinefrance International
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi. Selected filmography: Happy Hour (Happî awâ, 2015), Asako I & II (Nete mo samete mo, 2018), Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ, 2021), Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Gûzen to sôzô, 2021), Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai, 2023), All of a Sudden (Soudain, 2026).
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