MMoCA | Spotlight Cinema: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Spotlight Cinema is $7 per screening, or free for MMoCA members and anyone age 18 and younger. Ticket sales begin at 6:30 pm in the museum lobby the night of. Event capacities at MMoCA have been limited to allow ample room for social distancing between guests.

Learn more about Spotlight Cinema: https://www.mmoca.org/spotlight-cinema

ABOUT THE FILM

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, this elegant triptych presents three short tales of women in contemporary Japan. An actress realizes her best friend has fallen for her ex; a college student attempts to seduce her accomplished professor; and two women forge a new connection at their college reunion. With this intimate, potent trifecta, up-and-coming director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi further establishes himself as one of international cinema’s most intriguing new voices. “An overwhelming film, amongst the best of the year, and a beautiful reminder of all the lives being lived in spite of our oddly lifeless time” (The Film Stage).

COVID POLICY FOR ATTENDEES

Masks are required indoors and when interacting with Museum staff. Masks are highly encouraged outdoors, especially when social distancing cannot be easily maintained.

SPOTLIGHT CINEMA 2021

A program of MMoCA’s education department, Spotlight Cinema is curated by Mike King and generously funded by an anonymous donor, maihaus, and Venture Investors, LLC.

Film still from “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (2021) directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Image courtesy of Film Movement.