Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker Enters the Gray World of the Black Market

Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is back on the Croisette with his latest film, the South Korea-set Broker, which, very much like Shoplifters, concerns foundling children and cobbled together families living on the outskirts of the law. Broker premiered on the second-to-last day of screenings here at the festival, and it proves well worth the wait. Gentle, sad, and funny in a just-shy-of-cutesy way, Broker continues Kore-eda’s tradition of handling tough subject matter with a light touch. The film’s title refers to an illegal profession: the black market selling of babies,… Read Full Article