In Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's Palme d'Or-nominated adaptation of Tomoka Shibasaki’s novel, a young woman falls in love with a rather feckless but attractive young man, who eventually disappears out of her life. Two years later, she meets his doppelgänger, a considerate and faithful fellow. But thoughts of her first lover intrude—and what is the nature of love, anyway? Lawrence Garcia of AV Club hails Hamaguchi as "a rising master" who's created a pop melodrama with surprisingly intellectual ramifications.