Monday, August 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Laemmle Monica Film Center, Santa Monica
A stylish, subversive thriller from suspense maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse), Cloud follows Yoshii, an ambitious yet directionless young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, Yoshii gradually tries to disconnect from humanity, moving out of the city, shunning his girlfriend, and entrusting duties to his new devoted assistant. Before long his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.