CRITIQUE – In this film by Guillaume Senez, Romain Duris plays a father living in Tokyo and deprived of his daughter by local law. A story of fatherhood treated without melodrama.
In Japanese cars, the steering wheel is on the right. Jay (Romain Duris) has become accustomed to this detail. This Frenchman must have gotten used to many other things. For example, local law prevents him from seeing his daughter. Shared custody, visiting rights, the law does not seem to envisage these solutions. On the other hand, alimony is obligatory. Charming country. It lasts nine years. Don't be surprised that his nerves are on edge after that. It happens to explode. How to do it differently?
In his vehicle sporting a green ball on the roof, this taxi driver travels around Tokyo, day and night. This “gaijin” knows the city so well that sometimes his colleagues call him for help. His job changes his mind. In his apartment, he kept Lily's room intact, whose first name he tattooed on his hip. The lawyers are ruining him. He is still not divorced. During a video interview, his father asks him to return to France.
One morning…
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