Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2023, Japan, 125 min
Japanese with English subtitles
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.
“Among the medium’s most humanistic directors, inclined to see the best in people, especially children.” – Variety
“Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest, scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, is a dense, shape-shifting drama that grows more scattered as it progresses.” – Little White Lies
