If you loved Happy Hour, try Drive My Car
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 Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Happy Hour, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Drive My Car is
Hiroshima, a theater festival, a car's soft hum. A stage director and his appointed driver, an introverted young woman, share long rides and hidden pasts. Hamaguchi's gentle touch reveals the weight of grief.

