Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi |Japan |2021 |121min
Language: Japanese with subtitles Cast: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
May 11:5:00 pm, 7:20 pmMay 12:5:00 pm, 7:20 pm
Berlin Film Festival Winner. An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding. Meiko is startled when she realizes that the man who her best friend starts to have feelings for, is her ex; Sasaki plots to trick his college professor out of revenge, using his class-friend-with-benefits Nao, while Natsuko encounters a woman who seems to be someone from her past, leading the two to confess the feelings they have harbored in their hearts — stories about the complexities of relationships, told through coincidences that happen in the lives of women in love.—Rotten Tomatoes
"After the quietly sweeping Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi has weaved another gentle and powerful web of human intimacy."—Empire Magazine
"This female-led triptych of stories, with its deft, empathetic camerawork and intimate, intricately crafted character sketches, is a minor masterpiece in its own right."—Observer (UK)