Family Romance, LLC
“Followers, friends, family. All available for hire.”
Drama
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.
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This film feels like a quiet, observational study of human connection and the performance of emotion. It’s a gentle, yet deeply unsettling, exploration of loneliness and the desire for belonging in a world where relationships can be bought and sold.
unsettlingmelancholicwistfulobservationalslow-burnmumblecoredocumentary-stylearthousenaturalisticidentitylonelinessfamilyperformance
japanrentfamily drama
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