All of a Sudden Japan’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi dazzled Cannes in 2021 with his symphonic meditation on grief, regret and human connection,  Drive My Car , which went on to receive four Oscar nominations, winning for best international film. His French-language debut casts Virginie Efira as the director of a nursing home in the Paris suburbs, who adopts the compassion-based “Humanitude” treatment method with her patients despite discord among her team. Her life changes when she meets a terminally ill Japanese playwright played by Tao Okamoto. The two women develop a spiritual bond as they fight together to overcome systemic constraints and transform the care facility into a symbol of resistance. ‘All of a Sudden’ Cannes Film Festival Coward After kickstarting his career with  Girl  and  Close , two intimate contemporary queer stories that both took home awards from Cannes, Lukas Dhont tackles his first period drama and his most ambitious project to date.…