Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 'All of a Sudden' Premieres at Cannes

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new film 'All of a Sudden' premiered at Cannes, marking his first feature shot outside Japan. The three-and-a-quarter-hour drama stars Virginie Efira as Marie-Lou, director of a Paris care home pioneering 'humanitude' care for the elderly. She clashes with backers over funding and staff resistance. She meets Japanese playwright Mari (Tao Okamoto), who has stage 4 cancer; their friendship leads to a radical thesis on capitalist democracy applied to the care home. The film is talky and unlikely to match 'Drive My Car's success, but offers committed, eccentric cinema.