All of a Sudden (2026 film)

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All of a Sudden (French: Soudain, lit. 'Suddenly'; Japanese: 急に具合が悪くなる, romanized: Kyū ni guai ga waruku naru, lit. 'Suddenly Feeling Unwell') is a 2026 drama film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, in his French-language debut. Co-written by Hamaguchi and Léa Le Dimna, it is loosely based on the non-fiction book You and I – The Illness Suddenly Get Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono. A co-production between France, Japan, Germany and Belgium, it stars Virginie Efira as the director of a nursing home in the Parisian suburbs who attempts to introduce a humane care technique known as Humanitude, in spite of resistance. Her life is changed when she meets a terminally ill Japanese playwright named Mari Morisaki (Tao Okamoto). The supporting cast includes Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Kodai Kurosaki, Jean-Charles Clichet, Marie Bunel, Romain Cottard, and Marie Denarnaud. All of a Sudden had its world premiere in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2026, where Efira and Okamoto...

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