BAHRAIN CINEMA CLUB – Wednesday,
7pm, Juffair
Film: Drive My Car
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Duration: 2 hr 59 mins
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tōko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim and Jin Dae-yeon
Plot: Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, renowned stage actor and director Yusuke Kafuku, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theatre festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets a taciturn young woman by the name of Misaki Watari who has been assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900.
As the production’s premiere approaches, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and Koji Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke’s late wife.
Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins – with the help of his driver – to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.
For details, call Huda Tabbara on 39682323.