Japanese drama in which an impoverished family takes in a young girl they fear is being abused.
It's a film about love, in the end; and the loving attention to visual detail is of a piece with the steadfast attention to intricacies of character and feeling.
It’s a modest, sometimes maudlin family drama about chancers on the margins. What makes it such an enrapturing experience is the tenderness, humour, and detail.
A rich, satisfying and deeply intelligent film.
t’s deceptively gentle, full of beautifully nuanced performances...and boasting a cumulative emotional power that lingers long after the credits roll.
A spirited, lilting delight.
You’ll be happy to have your heart stolen by this beautiful and odd family drama.
A marginalised band of thieves living on the poverty-stricken fringes of Japan steals the show in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s masterly drama.
The spirits of the old masters pervade this disquieting but deeply moving drama. But Kore-eda stands alone as the chronicler of family life in a country facing an identity crisis.
Hirokazu Koreeda: 'I want to make visible the people the government ignores'.
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