The Japanese film “Drive My Car” won best screenplay at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The award went to Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, whose screenplay was inspired by Haruki Murakami’s short story of the same name.
Hamaguchi, who also directed the film, said he fell in love with the Murakami story and teamed up with Oe to make it into a screenplay. “Drive My Car” stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as a theater director who is tormented by grief upon the sudden death of his wife, played by Reika Kirishima.
Toko Miura plays the chauffeur who comes into his life, after which he gradually comes to realize what he has lost. At 2 hours 59 minutes, the film includes additions that Hamaguchi and Oe made to Murakami’s short story.
Critics have lauded the film for its elaborate structure and the performances by the cast.
批評家は、その精巧な構造とキャストによるパフォーマンスで映画を賞賛しています。
評論家も称賛している(have lauded)ようです。
精巧な構造(elaborate structure)とキャストによるパフォーマンスを。
話の構成がキチンとしていて、演じる役者さんたちの演技も素晴らしいということだと思います。
Earlier Saturday, the jury of the International Federation of Film Critics chose “Drive My Car” as its favorite among the 24 films in the official competition for the Palme d’Or.
“Drive My Car” received a standing ovation at the end of its official screening at Cannes on July 11. It received rave reviews from critics, with one describing it as a “deeply moving tale of grief, renewal” and another saying that the last scene was one of the most beautiful moments at the festival.
”deeply moving tale of grief, renewal”が「悲しみ、更新の感動的な物語」と言われていることから、悲しみから新たな人生に進んでいくんだろうと思います。
For the 42-year-old Hamaguchi, the Cannes triumph was the latest in a string of achievements on the festival circuit, following accolades at Venice and Berlin.
He was a co-screenwriter of “Wife of a Spy” by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won the Silver Lion for best director for that film at the 77th Venice Film Festival last year.
Just last month, “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” — a film in three segments directed by Hamaguchi — won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, the de facto second place award, at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.
先月にも、濱口氏は、ベルリン映画祭で銀熊賞(the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize)を受賞している。
なので、違った作品でいくつもの賞を貰っているということです。
“I have the strong impression,” Hamaguchi said at a press conference on July 12, “that the international film festivals have discovered me and nurtured me.”
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