Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters (2018) has been getting a lot of critical praise starting with its Palm D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It's another mediation on family life in modern Japan. A ragtag bunch of outcasts survive together day by day on the fringes of society until a series of tragedies unravel the tenuous connections between the make-shift family. The strength of the film lies in the great ensemble acting, it is one of the best films of the year for me.
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My colleague just recommended this. He really liked it. Said it was an emotive film in which the main characters are shunned by society but are generally doing everything right in the way they treat each other etc.
Posted by: Edward Hathway | April 05, 2019 at 04:08 PM