Director Hamaguchi Ryūsuke Explores Boundaries, Connections in “All of a Sudden”

The film’s main characters, Marie-Lou (Virginie Efira, at right), and Mari (Okamoto Tao), quickly warm to each other.

Marie-Lou talks to Tomoki (Kurosaki Kōdai), who has gotten lost.

Marie-Lou comes across Mari and Gorō (Nagatsuka Kyōzō, second from left), who has been searching for his grandson Tomoki. Gorō is the actor in a one-man play that Mari has written.

The two meet when Mari gives Marie-Lou a flyer advertising her play.

Marie-Lou is frustrated that the seniors’ home she runs is not adopting her vision due to differing opinions on the part of her staff.

The theme of Mari’s experimental play was moving away from institutionalized psychiatric care.