21 May 2018

Shoplifters



Kore-eda Hirokazu : 2018
Manbiki kazoku

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl, Yuri, in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu's wife Nobuyo agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Yet they don't contact the authorities, not even when her disappearance becomes a national news story two months later. Instead they cut her hair and treat her as a daughter, with Osamu taking her on his father-son shoplifting trips. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them. Kore-eda Hirokazu's feature was winner of the Palme d'Or when it premiered in competition at Festival de Cannes 2018.

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