Rent Family Romance, LLC (2019)
3.4 of 5 from 95 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
- Romance is a business. Family, friends, followers. All available for hire. A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a twelve year old girl. Shot in Japan, with Japanese actors, in the Japanese language, Oscar-nominated auteur Werner Herzog brings to the screen a unique angle to recurring themes around people chasing impossible dreams.
- Actors:
- Ishii Yuichi, Mahiro Tanimoto, Miki Fujimaki, Takashi Nakatani, Kumi Manda, Yuka Watanabe, Jin Kuroinu, Airi Coats, Shun Ishigaki, Tatsuaki Hôjô, Tetsuro Mori, Ryoko Sugimachi, Airi Asoh, Yuki Wakabayashi, Umetani Hideyasu, Iwamoto Eisuke, Take Nakamura, Yuika Koide, Sumire Nagai, Ryosuke Nakanishi
- Directors:
- Werner Herzog
- Producers:
- Roc Morin
- Writers:
- Werner Herzog
- Studio:
- Modern Films
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (1) of Family Romance, LLC
Herzog back on form - Family Romance, LLC review by JR
Hooray! Werner Herzog is back to his best with this film. It is filmed by Herzog himself on a hand held camera, in public, the cast are all non actors. How Herzog gets such wonderful performances from non actors is so impressive. If the family member substitute business doesn't work out, Ishii could become an actor - he is outstanding. Contemporary life in Tokyo allows Herzog free rein to explore his recurring interests; the nature of post modern families, the burring of lines between reality and technology, automata, shaman. If all this sounds a bit heavy going, it is not. It is concise, fascinating, with moments of humour and powerful emotion and the less than ninety minutes fly by.
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