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Hamaguchi's “All Of A Sudden” Spotlights Paris Nursing Home Cancer

5/19/2026

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Filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi directed the three-hour drama “All Of A Sudden”.
The film adapts the book “You And I—The Illness Suddenly Gets Worse” by Maho Isono and Makiko Miyano.
Marie-Lou Fontaine (Virginie Efira) runs Paris’s Garden Of Freedom nursing home using the Humanitude approach.
During the performance, Mari Morisaki (Tao Okamoto) reveals she has late-stage cancer, adding existential weight to the narrative.

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Filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi directed the three-hour drama “All Of A Sudden”.
The film adapts the book “You And I—The Illness Suddenly Gets Worse” by Maho Isono and Makiko Miyano.
Marie-Lou Fontaine (Virginie Efira) runs Paris’s Garden Of Freedom nursing home using the Humanitude approach.
During the performance, Mari Morisaki (Tao Okamoto) reveals she has late-stage cancer, adding existential weight to the narrative.