A Missing Part

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A Missing Part

2024

1h 38m

Drama

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Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the 9 years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter. Having given up hope of ever seeing her again, he is about to move back to France when Lily hops in his cab. But she doesn’t recognize him.

David Opie

IndieWire

09/16/2024

B+

This often quiet, thoughtful story of a man who’s incomplete reminds us to keep fighting for the part that’s missing, whether that be striving for change or even just existing to fight another day.

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Catherine Bray

Variety

09/13/2024

At its best, the storytelling here is highly skilled, gradually peeling back the layers to give a lived-in feel to the slow-motion car crash that has derailed Jay’s life.

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Elsa Fernández-Santos

El Pais (Spain)

1h

Duris's performance speaks volumes without him even mentioning the character. The weight rests on this marvelous actor who surrenders himself to the drama with a restrained, yet tender, anguish. [Full review in Spanish]

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Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

1d

3.5/5

An elegant and understated film, without melodramatic excesses, with a perhaps somewhat impersonal mise-en-scène , which nevertheless manages to move the viewer. [Full review in Spanish]

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Randy Meeks

Espinof

2d

3/5

Ultimately, 'A Missing Part' is overly simplistic in its premise, despite the protagonist's evolution, which is so slow and deliberate that it inevitably weighs down the film...[Full review in Spanish]

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Oct 31

3/5

The best thing about A Missing Part is Romain Duris's nuanced performance, which carries the dramatic, emotional, and narrative weight of a film...[Full review in Spanish]

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Camilo T

@RT45975583 May 23

It felt true the pain of the main character, and how unclear it felt to move on without his child.

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Synopsis

Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the 9 years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter. Having given up hope of ever seeing her again, he is about to move back to France when Lily hops in his cab. But she doesn’t recognize him.

Director: Guillaume Senez
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, David Thion
Screenwriter: Guillaume Senez, Jean Denizot, Guillaume Senez, Jean Denizot
Production Co: Les Films Pelléas, Versus Production
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Runtime: 1h 38m