Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー)

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.(2021,74th Cannes) Based on Short Story in "Men Without Women: Stories"2014 by Haruki Murakami.

From time to time,

she starts sneaking into Yamaga's house.

Yamaga?

The name of her first love. He's a high school classmate.

He's not aware of her love for him.

She doesn't want him to know, so that's OK with her.

But she wants to know more about him.

She wants to know everything about him,

without letting him know about her.

So she sneaks in.

Right.

When he's attending classes, she feigns illness and leaves early.

Yamaga's an only child, and his dad's an office worker.

His mom's a school teacher.

So the girl knows there's nobody at home during the day.

How does she sneak in? She's just an ordinary teenager.

She takes a guess and searches under a potted plant by the front door.

There's a key.

What a careless family.

She uses it to let herself into the house.

She goes upstairs and opens a door.

The number on the soccer uniform on a hanger tells her it's his room.

The room is tidy for a 17-year-old boy,

and she senses that he has controlling parents, his mom in particular.

She breathes in.

She listens carefully.

She hears silence.

An amplified silence, like the sound through a hearing aid, fills the room.

She lies down on Yamaga's bed.

She holds back the urge to masturbate.

Why? The limits of a television drama?

No.

She has her own set of rules.

Things she'll allow or won't allow herself to do.

She can sneak into his house, but not masturbate there.

Right.

Then she leaves an unused tampon in his room.

A tampon?

- That's what you said. - That's so weird.

More so than usual. Can this be adapted for TV?

Don't worry. The producer said, it's for an innovative late-night slot.

If you say so.

So she takes out an unused tampon from her school bag

and puts it in a drawer in his desk.

What if his overprotective mom finds it?

She feels a rush of excitement at the thought.

She's kinky.

The tampon is a token, indicating she was really there.

A token.

She continues sneaking in from time to time after that.

She's aware of the risks.

She's the type, who is trusted by her parents and teachers,

so a lot is at stake.

Nevertheless, she can't stop.

She can't stop.

She sniffs around in his room, longing for his slightest scent.

She always takes a token from his room when she leaves.

A pencil or something that he won't notice is gone.

And in exchange, she leaves a token of herself.

At her most daring moment,

she took off her underwear and put it deep in his chest of drawers.

She feels that they are gradually mingling by exchanging such tokens.

And that she is giving him the strength to escape his mother's control.

That's it for today.

I ?see.

Want to know the rest?

Yeah, I do.

Shall I wait, or shall I write it? Which?

You can still wait.

Yeah. I want to know the rest, too.

You really don't know?

I ?never do, do I?

Well, I thought maybe this time it was about your first love.

Of course it's not!

Thanks.

- Hello. - Hello.

When does the curtain go up?

6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:00.

I'll be cutting it close.

Don't bother coming. You shouldn't slip out of a meeting.

I'll bother. I want to see your play.

- Break a leg. - Thanks.

Not worth a curse.どうにもならん！

明日戻って来なきゃいけないと言ったよな？

Yes.ああ。

じゃあロープの切れ端でも持ってくるのがいい。

Yes.ああ、

ディディ？

Yes.うん、

もう動けないよ、

That's what you think. どうせ、やる事になるよ。

(If we parted? That might be better for us.) もし別れたら？・・じゃあ、その方が いいかもな。

We'll hang ourselves tomorrow. 明日来る奴らは、

Unless Godot comes. もし、ゴドーが来なかったら、

（じゃあ、来たら？）

We'll be saved. 俺たちは救われる。

（おや？・・行くのかい？）

Pull on your trousers. ズボンを上げろ。

何？

Pull on your trousers. ズボンを上げろ！

Yes?

May I come in?

Come in.

What?

It was great.

Yeah? I'm glad.

May I introduce someone now?

Yeah, after I change...

Takatsuki.

Hello, I'm Takatsuki.

Your wife kindly invited me.

Don't say "wife."

I ?see you a lot on TV.

Thank you.

He's in my new one, too. A good role.

He always has a good role.

Better than ever. He's the heroine's love interest.

Yes.

When I mentioned your play during the production meeting,

and ?he said he wanted to come.

I'd heard about your methods and was interested.

They're so different. Multilingual.

I'm not sure if this is the right sentiment, but it was moving.

Really? You're a strange young man.

Oto, please.

It's true.

Yes, thank you.

Don't thank me.

I need to change, so maybe later.

Excuse me.

Good work.

Sorry, did I wake you?

You must be tired.

My flight's Narita at 9:00, gotta run.

See you.

See you.

You didn't have to come.

Here. Uncle Vanya.

I recorded it. About time you need it, right?

Thanks.

You'll miss your flight.

See you. Take care.

See you.

Here, have some tea.

I don't feel like drinking tea.

How about vodka, then?

Nobody knows how I feel.

I can't sleep at night from frustration and anger.

I've wasted my time.

I could have attained so much from life,

but it's too late now at this age.

Uncle Vanya, that's so boring.

You speak as if your former convictions were somehow to blame.

But your convictions were not at fault.

You were the one at fault.

ウラジオストック演劇祭、運営室より フライト変更のお知らせ

ご承知の通りの悪天候の為今日のフライトは キャンセルとなりました。

明日のフライトを予約しています。

演劇祭は予定通り、開催されます。

貴公の審査員も予定通りです。

もし、成田空港近辺のホテルを予約されるなら、

御費用はこち演劇祭事務局にお付け下さい。

- Hi there. - Hi. Did you get there all right?

Yeah.

Jury duty starts tomorrow?

Yeah.

How's your hotel? Comfy?

They're all the same.

Try any Vladivostok specialties.

What's the specialty?

I don't know, so I'm asking you.

How lazy.

A ?week later

For 25 years he's been pretending to be someone he's not.

Look at that swagger, acting like he's some kind of lord!

You envy him, don't you?

Yes, I do. I envy him a lot.

Such good luck with women!

Don Juan himself couldn't have had more experience!

His first wife, who was my sister...

Hey.

What a relief.

I'm OK.

You're really all right?

I don't know yet.

They examined me. Still waiting for the results.

Glaucoma in your left eye.

Glaucoma?

Damage to the optic nerve causing partial vision loss.

Loss of vision in one eye is hard to detect because the other eye adapts.

Which means that it doesn't impact daily activities,

and by the time one notices it, it's often too late.

You were lucky it was diagnosed early.

Can I drive?

It's not impossible.

That means I can?

Yes, if your symptoms don't worsen.

How is it treated?

The root cause of glaucoma is still unknown, so it can't be cured.