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Cannes Film Festival: Director Yukiko Sode on Adaptation

Updated 2026-05-19 11:50 UTC 1 source Neutral

Yukiko Sode discusses her adaptation of Mieko Kawakami’s novel 'All the Lovers in the Night' for Cannes Un Certain Regard. The director describes the process as a creative challenge rather than a burden.

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Variety
For Yukiko Sode, the challenge wasn’t pressure – it was pleasure. Adapting Mieko Kawakami’s introspective novel “All the Lovers in the Night” for the screen meant externalizing a protagonist’s inner world, a task the director describes not as burden but as sustained cre
2026-05-19 11:31 UTC
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