Movies set in multiverses are now a sci-fi staple, with 2022 multiple Oscar winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” being the best recent example.
Most, however, are not a microbudget indie like “You Are the Film,” the directorial debut of Makoto Ueda, who is a scriptwriter and playwright, as well as the leader of the Europe Kikaku theater troupe.
Based on Ueda’s original script, the cunningly plotted and propulsively paced film unfolds in a real-life corner of Tokyo’s trendy Shimokitazawa neighborhood that is occupied by a used clothing store on the first floor and the Crescent Rock restaurant, Good Heavens pub and Tollywood Theater on the second.
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