FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Yuichi Ishii (film debut), Mahiro Tanimoto (film debut), Takashi Nakatani (film debut), Take Nakamura (film debut), Shun Ishigaki (film debut), Umetani Hideyasu (film debut), Miki Fujimaki (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), director, writer, cinematographer; Roc Morin (film debut), producer; Ernst Reijseger (The Wild Blue Yonder), composer; Sean Scannell (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A man (Ishii) is hired to impersonate the father of a missing girl (Tanimoto)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Werner Herzog flies to Japan for his latest film, which takes mostly unknown actors and have them interpret a strange, but very real, story of deception.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD JULY 2020 (AVAILABLE ON VOD)

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