FFF: All of a Sudden

Name: FFF: All of a Sudden
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-11-26
Duration: 3 h 16 min
Cast: Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto, Kyōzō Nagatsuka

<div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A double actress award was bestowed on <b>Virginie Efira</b> and <b>Tao Okamoto</b> for their performances in Japanese director <b>Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s</b> intertwined stories of two women (screened in Competition earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival). One is French and runs a care facility for the elderly, while the other is a Japanese theatre director battling cancer. </div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marie-Lou (<b>Efira</b>) strives to introduce an innovative care philosophy based on listening and respecting residents’ dignity, despite resistance from part of her staff. </div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her encounter with Mari (<b>Okamoto</b>) will profoundly reshape her path. By forming a deep, supportive friendship, the two women join forces in a shared struggle to “make the impossible possible.”  The film, <b>Hamaguchi’s </b>first to be shot outside Japan, can be defined as a life-affirming ode to friendship at the edge of mortality.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>"The rarest type of film, not merely good enough to remind you what cinema can be, but great enough to remind you what life can be." - <i>Variety</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Screening as part of French Film Festival 2026. <a href="https://www.glasgowfilm.org/homefrench-film-festival">Click here to browse the full programme.</a> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">French with English subtitles. </span></div>DramaPT3H16MPG2026-11-26JPja

Virginie Efira

Tao Okamoto

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

FFF: All of a Sudden"FFF: All of a Sudden"

Showtimes

November 26, 7:00 pm