Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

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An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding are told in a trio of short female-driven vignettes. Winner of the 2021 Silver Berlin Bear.

2021Rating: M, Sexual references121 minsJapan
DramaRomanceFestival & Independent
Director:
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Writer:
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cast:
Kiyohiko ShibukawaKotone FurukawaKatsuki MoriFusako UrabeAoba KawaiAyumu NakajimaShouma KaiHyunri

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    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Awards

    Award Winner
    Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner at Berlin Film Festival 2021.

    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Reviews

    99%105 reviews

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    RogerEbert.com

    RogerEbert.com

    Some parts work better than others. But even when the quality dips slightly, we remain consistently intrigued.

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    A.V. Club

    A.V. Club

    Sometimes, Hamaguchi’s approach can be more conceptually daring than dramatically convincing.

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    The New York Times

    The New York Times

    A wistful, moving, outwardly unassuming movie.

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    Slant Magazine

    Slant Magazine

    An alternately scathing, erotic, terrifying, and affirming fable of the primordial power of storytelling.

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    Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times

    Playful, beguiling and quietly affecting...

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    Paste

    Paste

    Quaintly quirky—and (the stories are) never dull to watch unfold.

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    The Globe and Mail

    The Globe and Mail

    Each story contains perfectly pitched performances...

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    Time Out

    Time Out

    Hamaguchi is back with another magnetic piece of slow cinema to show why he’s a superstar in the making...

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    Little White Lies

    Little White Lies

    Definitely peak Hamaguchi, and it makes this a must-see.

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    Variety

    Variety

    Follows a reasonably conventional three-act structure and emphasizes interesting female characters in a compelling situation...

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    Screen Daily

    Screen Daily

    Allows Hamaguchi to return to themes he has explored in previous work...

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    Hollywood Reporter

    Hollywood Reporter

    Full of understated, melancholy poetry.

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    The Guardian

    The Guardian

    Elegant and amusing, with a delicacy of touch and real imaginative warmth.

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    IndieWire

    IndieWire

    Rooted to its two-actors-in-a-room reality, but also charming and characteristically unpredictable for the ways it wiggles free of it like a loose tooth.

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    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Release Details

    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is now playing in 4 cinemas in New Zealand.

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