Mister Cab Driver: Guillaume Senez Reteams with Roman Duris for Japan-set “Une Part Manquante”

Date:

October 16, 2023

They teamed together on his 2018 Cannes Critics’ Week premiered Our Struggles (Nos Batailles), and now Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez it set to work with Roman Duris again for the Japan-set Une Part Manquante aka A Missing Part. Screen Daily “>reports that production began today and will film in Tokyo, Sagami Bay and Yokohama until the beginning of December. Judith Chemla and Mei Cirne-Masuki also star.

This sees Jay (Duris) driving his cab every day through Tokyo in search of his daughter, Lily. Separated for nine years, he has never been able to get custody of her. Just as he’s given up hope of seeing her again and is about to return to France, Lily gets into his cab, but she doesn’t recognize him.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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