憑執導長達5小時電影《她們最好的時光》打開知名度的濱口龍介,被譽為繼是枝裕和、河瀨直美後最具創造力的日本當代導演。新作改編自芥川賞小說家柴崎友香的同名暢銷小說,關西女孩朝子在攝影展邂逅阿麥,兩人交往不久,阿麥突然失蹤。兩年後,朝子到東京,巧遇有著阿麥臉孔但性格相異的上班族亮平,兩人譜起戀曲,透過兩段相似的際遇,呈現女主角兩種互相矛盾的愛情觀。日本實力男星東出昌大獨挑大樑,以東京腔和關西腔分飾新歡舊愛兩角,而女主角則是憑聲音贏得角色的新星唐田英里佳,完美演繹女生在情路掙扎多年的心境轉變。日本重量級電影評論家蓮實重彥曾盛讚電影結尾是「21世紀最美的長鏡頭」,無怪乎能成功入圍康城影展官方競賽單元。

Director Hamaguchi Ryusuke follows his five-hour opus Happy Hour with a stirring and dreamy romantic drama that comes with a provocative Vertigo-esque twist. Based on the novel by Shibasaki Tomoka, the Cannes competition title follows the romantic misadventures of Asako, a student from Osaka who falls in love at first sight with Baku, a mysterious bad boy. Two years after Baku’s sudden disappearance, the brokenhearted Asako moves to Tokyo. There, she meets Ryuhei, a kind and reliable company employee who looks exactly like Baku but carries none of his reckless personality. Suddenly, Asako finds herself caught between two loves, each irresistible in her own way.