One night on the way back from shoplifting at the supermarket, a father and son take in a seven-year-old girl shivering in the rain. A masterful, deeply moving family drama about finding solidarity in a family-by-choice.
Through his portrait of a Japanese family trying to survive poverty through petty scams, the filmmaker behind Like Father, Like Son continues his examination of filial bonds. Adopting a tragicomic tone, Kore-eda takes a sensitive, lighthearted look at a family-by-choice. What is the true definition of a clan? With its pared-down camera work that prefers details and subtleties to grand statements and an absolutely adorable group of actors, Shoplifters is heartwarming right up until its...
Feature film , Drama
JAPAN | 121 minutes | 2018
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