All of a Sudden Review: Hamaguchi’s Care Home Drama at Cannes
This review from The Guardian critiques Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film, All of a Sudden, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Co-scripted with Léa Le Dimna, the three-hour drama explores themes of love and mortality, set in Paris and Kyoto. The story follows Marie-Lou, a care home director in Paris practicing humanitude, who forms a connection with Mari, a Japanese theater director dealing with a serious illness. While the film is praised for its tender, compassionate moments and beautiful cinematography, the reviewer finds it overly pedagogic, contrived, and occasionally precious. The narrative, inspired by a nonfiction correspondence on illness, is described as an uneasy international mixture that suffers from self-conscious solemnity. Despite these flaws, the quiet interactions between caregivers and patients are highlighted as the film's strongest elements. The review notes the film's ambitious scope but suggests it lacks the naturalism of Hamaguchi’s previous work, Drive My Car.
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