If you loved Hana & Alice, try A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Shunji Iwai, and they both carry the bittersweet, playful, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hana & Alice, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What A Bride for Rip Van Winkle is

Here's a film that understands the assignment. A woman adrift in the gig economy hires a series of increasingly strange actors to fill out her wedding party. At least she got a movie out of the ordeal.

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