Belgian actress and television presenter
The Guardian and The Japan Times review new Hamaguchi project, which blends Paris and Kyoto settings with a meditation on love and mortality, drawing from Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono’s You and I. The film has a three-hour runtime, mixes tenderness with occasional predictability, and centers on Marie-Lou’s care home and questions of care culture.
Andrey Zvyagintsev has used his Cannes Grand Prix acceptance for Minotaur to appeal directly to Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, saying millions on both sides "dream" of an end. The director has sent the message to the Kremlin through official channels; the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has refused to relay it.