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The Japanese drama, based on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by Yoshiharu Tsuge, follows Lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is happening in her life.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025
Rounding out the cast is Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer, a studio scriptwriter competing for Joe’s attention and affection, and Erich von Stroheim as Norma’s devoted butler Max, who once enjoyed earlier career success as Norma’s movie director during the silent film era.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
The coming-of-age drama is adapted from Stefan Bošković’s (also the film’s scriptwriter) short story and trails Hana (Maša Drašler), a shy 16-year-old who is in love with popular kid Mario (Savin Perišić).
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
The Six Days of the Condor author — whose book became the Robert Redford film Three Days of the Condor and the current Max Irons TV series Condor — has published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, and has also worked as a journalist and a scriptwriter for TV and film.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 16 July 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025
Rounding out the cast is Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer, a studio scriptwriter competing for Joe’s attention and affection, and Erich von Stroheim as Norma’s devoted butler Max, who once enjoyed earlier career success as Norma’s movie director during the silent film era.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
The coming-of-age drama is adapted from Stefan Bošković’s (also the film’s scriptwriter) short story and trails Hana (Maša Drašler), a shy 16-year-old who is in love with popular kid Mario (Savin Perišić).
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
The Six Days of the Condor author — whose book became the Robert Redford film Three Days of the Condor and the current Max Irons TV series Condor — has published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, and has also worked as a journalist and a scriptwriter for TV and film.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 16 July 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scriptwriter. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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scriptwriter
noun
script·writ·er
ˈskrip-ˌtrīt-ər 
: a person who writes scripts (as screenplays for television or movies)
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