Synopsis: Bill Murray is an American movie star who is past his prime in this film from Sophia Coppola. (Yes, the one who ruined The Godfather Part 3)
Murray is in Tokyo to push a brand of Japanese whisky, and while he’s there he starts a strange friendship and budding romance with a much younger American woman (Scarlett Johansson). The film’s dominant feature is the sense of alienation that Murray’s character finds himself in. He’s out of place wherever he goes. He’s always the tallest person in any scene, and he doesn’t speak the language.
It’s this sense of estranged captivity that brings Murray into a relationship with Johansson’s character. They are both estranged (though not openly) from their spouses, and both are unsure of their role in life itself. It’s not a physical attraction, or even romantic, at first.
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