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Review: 'All of a Sudden' Film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Updated 2026-05-15 15:35 UTC 2 sources Neutral

Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's film 'All of a Sudden' explores the life-changing friendship between two women. The movie, which premiered at Cannes, is described as a humane but sometimes lecture-like exploration.

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Variety

‘All of a Sudden’ Review: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto Forge a Life-Changing Friendship in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Life-Giving Drama

Two women talk for the best part of three-and-a-quarter-hours and Ryusuke Hamaguchi makes of it an unassumingly momentous miracle. “All of a Sudden,” the Japanese director’s gorgeous new feature, is the rarest type of film, not merely good enough to remind you what cinema can be, b

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‘All Of A Sudden’ Review: Oscar Winner Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Humane 3 Hour-Plus Exploration Of French Health Care Too Often Feels Like A Lecture – Cannes Film Festival

Although he has made a few films, Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi really caught fire in 2001, first at Berlin with his Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy and then big time at Cannes where in 2021 he took three prizes for Drive My Car, a movie that would later make history with Oscar nominations for

2026-05-15 15:15 UTC