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Drive My Car
Some grief comes with anger and guilt attached. It doesn't move until you say it out loud to someone who can hold it. 🚗
Who it's for
Drive My Car is one of the most careful recent films about grief that is tangled with anger, betrayal and guilt.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's drama, adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story, follows stage actor and director Yusuke Kafuku, whose wife Oto, a screenwriter, dies suddenly of a brain hemorrhage after he has discovered her infidelity. Two years later he moves to Hiroshima to direct a multilingual production of Uncle Vanya, and the theatre requires that he be driven in his red Saab by a reserved young driver, Misaki Watari.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A child's death and a spouse's death.
Age: Not rated in US (suggested 16+)
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
