Followers, friends, family. All available for hire.
Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Producer: Roc Morin
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.
110 min
Rating: 6.275/10
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Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Producer: Roc Morin
Production Companies: Skellig Rock
Countries: United States of America
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badelf:
As much as I love Herzog and his particular guerilla film style, this one left me cold. I've been in Japan and can totally believe that someone would hire a father of the bride. The characters are not quite believable.