Film: Rental Family - Screening II
Location: Art Kino Odeon
Organizer: CKŠP Izola
Time: 8.00 pm
Entrance fee: 4,00 - 6,00 €
Rental Family is a 2025 comedy-drama film directed by Hikari, who co-wrote the screenplay with Stephen Blahut. In the film, Brendan Fraser plays an American actor living in Japan who begins working for a “rental family” agency, where he takes on pre-hired roles for strangers. Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto also star in the film.
An international co-production between the United States and Japan, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and was released in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on November 21, 2025.
Rental Family received positive reviews, with critics particularly praising Fraser’s performance. The National Board of Review named it one of the ten best films of 2025.
Advance ticket sales: Galerija Alga.
