Overview
- The arthouse distributor plans a theatrical rollout, though no release date has been announced.
- The film opened the festival to a standing ovation, with critics praising Josef Kubota Wladyka’s direction, Rinko Kikuchi’s lead turn, and the inventive dance sequences.
- Wladyka wrote and directed the personal dramedy, drawing on his own life and celebrating the premiere with his mother in attendance.
- CAA handled worldwide sales leading to the Sony Pictures Classics agreement.
- Kikuchi portrays a widow who embraces ballroom dancing and trained for six months for the role.