The movie “Drive My Car” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039582/; directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi) won the Golden Globe for best non-English language film and several other international awards from the National Society of Film Critics in 2022.
“Drive My Car,” based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, is a story of a grieving stage actor and director after the passing of his wife.
Here is the synopsis of the movie from IMDB.
- Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー） (2021)
Adapted from a short story in Murakami Haruki’s “Men Without Women”. A director’s wife was a playwright, but she died two years ago. When he’s invited to direct a play at a festival in Hiroshima, the director finds his chauffeur to be a stoic woman. The two share many rides, and as communication is initiated secrets and confessions are gradually exchanged.
