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Drive My Car

100 Movies of 2021

6.9

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Original title

Doraibu mai kâaka

AKA

Drive My Car

Year

2021

Running time

179 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Screenwriter

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe. Short Tale: Haruki Murakami

Music

Eiko Ishibashi

Cinematography

Hidetoshi Shinomiya

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Sonia Yuan, Satoko Abe, Masaki Okada, Perry Dizon, Ahn Hwitae

Producer

Bitters End, C&I Entertainment, Culture Entertainment, Asahi Shimbun. Distributor: Bitters End, The Match Factory

Genre

Drama | Stage Play

Movie Groups

Haruki Murakami Adaptations

Synopsis

Nishijima Hidetoshi as a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day the wife disappears.

Rankings Position

#21 Best Movies from 2021 (no animation films)
#25 Best Movies of 2021

Awards: 2021: Academy Awards: Best International Film. 4 Nominations

2021: Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Film

2021: BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2021: Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay & FIPRESCI Award

2021: Chicago Film Festival: Best Jury Prize

2021: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film

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2021: Critics Choice Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2021: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Film

2021: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Film & Screenplay

2021: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Language Film. 5 Nominations

2021: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Foreign Language Film. 6 Nominations

2021: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Film, Direction, Actor & Screenplay

2021: Gotham Awards: Best International Feature

2021: Satellite Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2021: César Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

Critics' reviews

"One of the year’s finest films (...) [The actors] are so good, you’re simply grateful for their screen company (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"'Drive My Car' sneaks up on you, lulling you in with visuals that are as straightforward as the narrative is complex"

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"There is so much going on here, yet the director handles the film’s constellation of themes and sweeping emotion with impeccable assurance and an at-times breathtaking sense of the poetic (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Michael O'Sullivan: The Washington Post
"A mesmeric tale of trust and betrayal (...) For all of his loquaciousness and literary flow, Hamaguchi never loses sight of the psychosexual intrigue that fuels Murakami’s story"

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"A masterful drama you can’t turn away from (...) Hamaguchi has crafted a rich, skilfully layered masterwork with flawless performances and a script that is a screenwriter’s holy grail"

Gregory Ellwood: The Playlist
"Hamaguchi’s deft, wise, whisper-soft adaptation of 'Drive My Car' never feels like an overextension of its delicate material. Instead, it pursues a kind of cinematic stillness to match Murakami’s plain, serene prose"

Guy Lodge: Variety
"Ryûsuke Hamaguchi delivers a haunting masterpiece of art and life"

Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
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