Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles
Acropolis Cinema presents Shinji Somai’s 1994 coming-of-age movie *The Friends*. ∆ *The Friends*—newly restored in 4K—follows a group of three young boys. In the dog days of summer, the kids discover a decrepit house and the old man (Rentaro Mikuni) who lives there alone. Up to no good, they spy on him. But as they learn the sad story behind his present wretchedness, they begin to develop an unlikely bond with the old-timer. The film is Somai’s follow-up to *Moving* (1993), which debuted at Cannes in 1993 and was recently the subject of a retrospective screening at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. – Deadline