Neon Acquires Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’

Neon has acquired the North American rights to “All of a Sudden,” the latest film from Oscar-nominated director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

Starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, the film follows the unlikely but deep relationship between two women from different walks of life: a Japanese theater director and the head of a French care home. The film is currently in post-production after shoots in Paris and Kyoto.

“All of a Sudden” is loosely based on a collection of real-life exchanged letters published in the book “When Life Suddenly Takes a Turn: Twenty Letters Between a Philosopher with Terminal Cancer and Medical Anthropologist” by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono.

The film is produced by David Gauquié,…