The film is presented in competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival
Adaptation of an extract from the collection Des hommes sans femmes by Haruki Murakami.
While still unable to recover from a personal drama, Yusuke Kafuku, actor and theater director, agrees to stage Uncle Vanya in a festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki, a reserved young woman who has been assigned to him as a driver. As they travel, the growing sincerity of their exchanges forces them to face up to their past.
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