'All of a Sudden': Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto in a profoundly human conversation
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- Le Monde Englishseen 14 Aug, 07:22description edited
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The filmmaker shares how he drew inspiration from correspondence between a nursing home director and a theater director, who faces terminal cancer. True to his discreet nature, Hamaguchi refuses to make his cinema a reflection of his personal convictions.The filmmaker drew inspiration from correspondence between a nursing home director and a theater director who faces terminal cancer. True to his discreet nature, Hamaguchi refuses to have his cinema reflect his personal convictions.
- Le Monde Englishseen 14 Aug, 14:50description edited
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The filmmaker drew inspiration from correspondence between a nursing home director and a theater director who faces terminal cancer. True to his discreet nature, Hamaguchi refuses to have his cinema reflect his personal convictions.The filmmaker drew inspiration from correspondence between a nursing home director and a theater director facing terminal cancer. True to his discreet nature, Hamaguchi refuses to have his cinema reflect his personal convictions.
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Tue, 11 August 2026
2 reports- Le Monde (France)04:00first to report
Porté par les deux actrices, récompensées au Festival de Cannes, le film du Japonais Ryusuke Hamaguchi, dans les salles mercredi, transforme l’amitié naissante entre deux femmes en une méditation sur la finitude et le désir de faire du bien.
- Libération (France)09:22
Double prix d’interprétation à Cannes, le film de Ryusuke Hamaguchi, avec l’actrice belge et Tao Okamoto, suit l’amitié entre une directrice d’Ehpad et une artiste atteinte d’un cancer. Un mélodrame thérapeutique qui révèle une profonde mélancolie.
Wed, 12 August 2026
2 reports- Le Monde English01:59
Led by the two actresses, who shared the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new film, opening in theaters Wednesday, transforms the budding friendship between two women into a meditation on mortality and the desire to do good.
- France Info (France)09:55
Le nouveau film du réalisateur japonais raconte la rencontre entre une Japonaise et une Française autour de la question du soin des personnes âgées.
Fri, 14 August 2026
1 report- Le Monde English01:38edited after publishing ×2
The filmmaker drew inspiration from correspondence between a nursing home director and a theater director facing terminal cancer. True to his discreet nature, Hamaguchi refuses to have his cinema reflect his personal convictions.