Directed by: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi/Soyoon Oe/Haruki Murakami
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima/Mitsuko Miura/Reka Kirishima/Masai Okada/Park Yu-lin
Genre: Drama
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2021-07-11(Cannes Film Festival) / 2021-08-20(Japan)
Running time: 179 minutes
Driving My Car synopsis
Middle-aged stage actor home fu hit a derailment as a scriptwriter’s wife sound, however, he quietly closed the door quietly left, as if nothing had happened, as usual with his wife harmoniously and lovingly live together. Until the death of his wife, Jia Fu has not been able to be honest with his wife, which has become his heart. Subsequently, the family who has not yet come out of sadness began to prepare for the drama performance of Uncle Vanya, ready to immerse himself in the work.
Actors of different nationalities read the script repeatedly in their native languages under the guidance of Fu, and also added sign language expressions, which was deeply touching. Theater for the family hired a female driver Du Li, every day to pick up the family to the rehearsal venue. Doary is quiet, but he’s good at driving. In getting along, home Fu began to gradually communicate his inner world with Duoli, Duoli heart also has a reluctant to face the secret past events, the trauma of two people in the final journey back home calmly, each other’s embrace and relief make the dusty past to be re-examined, a trace of comfort and relief in the heart rising.