{"id":52670,"date":"2026-05-16T00:22:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52670"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:22:38","slug":"review-cannes-2026-all-of-a-sudden-movie-review-ryusuke-hamaguchi-wows-with-paris-set-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52670","title":{"rendered":"Review | Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden movie review \u2013 Ryusuke Hamaguchi wows with Paris-set drama"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Despite being set in Paris, Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s All of a Sudden<\/em> eschews the city\u2019s touristic landmarks. Rather, he focuses on hospitals, suburban trams and skyscrapers \u2013 a landscape as different as one would expect from a non-French director making a film in the French capital for the first time.<\/p>\n

But the three-hour-plus film offers other pleasant surprises as well. Pivoting further from the Rohmer-esque romantic dramas of his early career, Hamaguchi doubles down on the fiery political conscience previously revealed in his 2023 eco-drama Evil Does Not Exist<\/em><\/span>.<\/div>\n

Inspired by a collection of correspondence between philosopher Makiko Miyano and anthropologist Maho Isono about human mortality, All of a Sudden<\/em> revolves around the budding friendship between French nursing-home manager Marie-Lou (Virginie Efira) and Japanese theatre director Mari (Tao Okamoto).<\/p>\n

Marie-Lou runs the Garden of Freedom, where she advocates a new way of attending to her elderly charges. Dubbed \u201cHumanitude\u201d, the approach demands carers be more delicate with the residents, which translates to a more time-consuming process that senior staff members dismiss offhand as impractical and unethical.<\/p>\n

Frustrated by the pushback, Marie-Lou heads off to watch a play directed by Mari, having met the director in a chance encounter in a park earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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