JAPAN · 2016

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

Shunji Iwai
loneliness social performance artificiality of relationships staged authenticity human connection
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A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Year2016
CountryJapan
DirectorShunji Iwai
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