SHOPLIFTERS

SHOPLIFTERS (MANBIKI KAZOKU), 2018
Japan | DCP, Color, 121' | Japanese
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka

A touching, heart-warming and striking family drama by veteran director Hirokazu Kore-eda, which was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year. The film centers on an out-of-the-ordinary family who have made stealing and shoplifting their way of life. A father who shoplifts groceries with his son, a mother who pilfers what she finds in the pockets of clothes left for cleaning at the laundry where she is employed, and a tiny home where family members of all ages live together. As they come home from work on a freezing night, they come across a five-year-old girl called Yuri, shivering from the cold in front of her house. They decide to temporarily take her in and the youngest member of the crowded family thus becomes part of the team of “shoplifters”. However, in this family, nothing is actually as it seems...