Broker
'Broker' is sentimental and sweet, often funny, and a lighter take on Kore-eda’s ongoing project of exploring chosen families.
Broker
Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with Broker, starring Cannes Best actor winner Song Kang Ho (Parasite). The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
Genre
Drama,
Comedy
Runtime
129
Language
Korean
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writer(s)
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast
Song Kang-ho,
Gang Dong-won,
Bae Doona,
Lee Ji-eun,
Lee Joo-young
Awards:
Winner, Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ~ Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Gary M. Kramer, Salon.com
Japanese writer/director Hirokazu Kore-eda's films — "Shoplifters," and "Still Walking" among them — are gentle dramas that sneak up on viewers, becoming achingly poignant and unexpectedly moving. His films often reconsider what makes a family, and Kore-eda's latest, the outstanding "Broker," set in ...
Played at
Claremont 5 1.13.23 - 1.26.23
Glendale 1.13.23 - 1.26.23
Monica Film Center 1.13.23 - 1.26.23
NoHo 7 1.13.23 - 1.19.23
Town Center 5 1.13.23 - 1.26.23
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