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Drive My Car


  • Historic Howell Theater 315 E Grand River Ave Howell, MI, 48843 United States (map)

Now Playing At The Historic Howell Theater!

Cannes 2021 multi-prize winner and Japan's official submission for Best International Feature at the 94th Academy Awards.

Showtimes:

  • Thursday January 27 3:30pm

Running time: 2h 59m

Rated NOT RATED

Plot: Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a taciturn young woman 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. Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace. Winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including Best Screenplay.

Earlier Event: January 13
Scream (2022)