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.