Film and Asian delicacies on display at the Yssingeaux cinema on Friday

The association “cinema told me” and the Grenette cinema in Yssingeaux are offering a unique screening on Friday May 6 at 8 p.m. around the film “Drive my car” by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

This is the resumption of the Asian cinema cycle, suspended during the pandemic and which was very popular in the past. To restart this original cycle, the team chose “Drive my car” by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, a film released in 2021, acclaimed by critics and awarded at Cannes, where it received the prize for best screenplay.

Adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami

It is the adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami, a contemporary Japanese writer. Author of best-selling novels, as well as short stories and essays, Murakami has received a dozen awards and other honours.

A haunting romantic film

Translated into fifty languages ​​and published in millions of copies, he is one of the most widely read contemporary Japanese authors in the world. The film adaptation gives a romantic film, bewitching and of great sensitivity, a moving initiatory journey.

A snack with Asian flavors

At the end of the session which lasts almost 3 hours (2h57), pastries and Asian drinks will be offered by the association “Cinema told me”.

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