Writer/director Bradley Rust Grey is taking audiences on a tour of grief abroad.
The filmmaker’s latest feature, “I’ll Be Your Mirror” (originally titled “Blood”), follows a widow (Carla Juri) who travels to Japan on a business trip. While there, she reconnects with an old friend and reconnects with her lost joie de vivre. The feature debuted at Sundance in 2022.
The official synopsis reads: Chloe (Juri) travels to Japan for work where she is welcomed by an old friend, Toshi (Takashi Ueno). Sliding between the melancholy of the loss of her husband and the awe of perspectives changed, Chloe wanders an unfamiliar landscape.
Issey Ogata, Sachiko Ohshima, and Futaba Okazaki also star.
Filmmaker Grey previously helmed “Salt,” “The Exploding Girl,” and “Jack and Diane.” “I’ll Be Your Mirror” is Grey’s fourth film. The film will debut at the IFC theater in New York, with Paul Dano hosting a panel with writer/director/producer Grey after.
The IndieWire review for “I’ll Be Your Mirror” cited how as a “patient and observant film,” the feature still “illuminates more brightly amid its overall mundanity.” The review further applauded Juri’s performance as a “marvel of coiled emotion and wide-eyed wonder.”
Juri has been a staple at Sundance and additionally starred in “Morris from America.” The Swiss actress most famously appeared in the controversial 2014 film “Wetlands,” billed as a blend between Lars Von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” and “Trainspotting.” The feature was based on Charlotte Roche’s novel.
“I’ll Be Your Mirror” premieres in New York on August 23 and in Los Angeles August 30 from Strand Releasing. Check out the trailer below.
