Writer-director-star Ninomiya Ryutaro's utterly engrossing Sweating the Small Stuff is a low-key, semi-autobiographical slice-of-life drama about pain and regret, comprised of long, handheld, naturally lit takes of Ninomiya's enigmatic, booze-soaked wanderings.
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"Ryutaro Ninomiya, 27 years old, lives a fairly simple life. He works at an auto-repair shop, reads books and drinks a few beers. One day, he receives a phone call from Yusuke, his childhood friend whose mother, Ryuko, is dying from Hepatitis C. Despite knowing for a while that Ryuko was sick, Ryutaro hasn’t visited her, but today he decides to go." Festival Scope
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