At the Cannes Film Festival in France, one of the three major film festivals in the world, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car", which has been nominated for the highest award in the competition category, was officially screened, and the audience gave a big applause. Was done.
At this year's Cannes Film Festival, "Drive My Car" directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi has been nominated for the competition category for the highest award Palme d'Or.
The film was officially screened on the 11th, and director Hamaguchi and other actors Toko Miura and Reika Kirishima walked on the red carpet leading to the screening venue and responded to the call of the press with a smile.
"Drive My Car" is based on the novel of the same name contained in Haruki Murakami's short story "Men Without Women".
It is a story in which the main character of a stage actor and director who lost his wife meets a female driver who is supposed to drive his own car, and while spending time with him, he confronts the secret of his wife who has turned away.
During the screening, the audience laughed many times, and when the screening was over, the audience stood up and surrounded Hamaguchi and gave a big applause.
The winning work of the highest award in the competition category will be announced on the 17th of the final day, early in the morning of the 18th of Japan time.
Director Hamaguchi "I am very proud of my work."
After the screening, Director Hamaguchi, who responded to the interview, said that he saw the work with the audience, "By seeing it in the theater, it feels like you are riding a vehicle with the audience, and you see the stage with the audience. I feel like I'm doing it. I'm very proud of the work I made, so I'd be happy if it was evaluated. "
Mr. Miura also said, "I had a special experience where I could feel the heat directly from the same side," and Mr. Kirishima said, "I can feel close to where the audience is laughing. I was wondering if it was different, but I was very happy and impressed with it. "
The reaction of the audience
A series of spectators praised "Drive My Car".
A 58-year-old woman living in Cannes who saw Hamaguchi's work for the first time said, "I was worried that there would be three hours at first, but it was a perfect movie from the beginning to the end. At first I did not know where the story would go. It was hard to get in, but in the end I was completely absorbed in it. "
A 45-year-old man from Los Angeles, USA, who was involved in the film, said, "I was able to find the essence of Haruki Murakami's short film over three hours and feel that it was a wonderfully blossoming work." ..