Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden crafts a life-affirming night of dialogue

At Cannes, Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden follows Marie-Lou, director of a Paris care home, and Mari, a terminally ill patient, as they spend a night talking across French, English and Japanese. Their intimate exchange about care, capitalism, urbanism, and living in the present becomes a life‑changing, cinematic meditation on time and humanity, buoyed by generous performances and restrained craft, even as its 196‑minute length tests patience.