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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Film Movement
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Overview

Kotone Furukawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, and Fusako Urabe star in this anthology of unconnected (but thematically related) slice-of-life romantic drama films. The lives of three female characters – a model, a mature college student, and a 30-year-old woman – each take an unexpected turn as small yet pivotal coincidences sway the trajectory of desire. Written and directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.

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Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD
  • Run Time: 121
  • UPC: 850021115432
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: January 2022

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"[A] Tokyo-set triptych of contemporary chamber dramas. Each of the three plots is shaped by chance and coincidence, doubles and echoes." - 03/03/2021 Hollywood Reporter


"Each of these episodes is well acted, follows a reasonably conventional three-act structure and emphasizes interesting female characters in a compelling situation." - 03/10/2021 Variety


3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[W]e remain consistently intrigued. All three tales are full of complexities that evade simple characterizations and summations." - 10/11/2021 RogerEbert.com


"The geometry of desire is elegantly plotted in WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY, a wistful, moving, outwardly unassuming movie." - 10/14/2021 New York Times


"It’s also arguably the most concerted expression of Hamaguchi’s artistic preoccupations to date." - 10/12/2021 A.V. Club


"Hamaguchi’s method of improvisatory workshopping facilitates taut, even tortured, exchanges." - 12/03/2021 Sight and Sound


"Heterogeneous, unstable as a matter of principle, and utterly reactive to a world gone chaotic beyond the frame: few moral tales feel as modern as this." - 12/07/2021 Film Comment

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