Japan/Korea
Broker
reż. Koreeda Hirokazu
Korea Południowa 2022, 129’
Napisy: polskie
Sang-hyeon is the owner of a hand laundry and volunteers at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two run an illegal business together: Sang-hyeon occasionally steals babies from the church's baby box with Dong-soo, who deletes the church's surveillance footage that shows a baby was left there. They sell the babies on the adoption black market. But when a young mother So-young comes back after having abandoned her baby, she discovers them and decides to go with them on a road trip to interview the baby's potential parents. Meanwhile, two detectives, Soo-jin and Lee, are on their trail.
Awards and Festivals
Cannes IFF 2022 - Best Actor (Song Kang-ho), Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Screenings
Kino Kameralne Cafe on September 18 at 3.15 p.m. and on October 2 at 8.30 p.m.
Koreeda Hirokazu
Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. His first feature, Maboroshi no hikari (1995), based on a Teru Miyamoto novel and drawn from his own experiences while filming Kare no inai hachigatsu ga (1994), won jury prizes at Venice and Chicago. The main themes of his oeuvre include memory, loss, death and the intersection of documentary and fictional narratives.
In 2018, Koreeda Hirokazu won the Palme d'Or at the 71st Cannes Film Festival for his film Shoplifters. Images such as Nobody Knows, Like Father, Like Son and Our Little Sister have moved audiences around the world by telling stories about different family configurations. With Baby Broker, Koreeda Hirokazu confirms his status as a world champion.
It is his first Korean film, directed in 2022. It is a story about people who get to know each other through the window of life and undertake a journey together. The director includes his warm perspective on marginalised people in this picture.
Selected filmography
1995 Maborosi
1998 After Life
2006 Hana
2011 I Wish
2015 Our Little Sister
2017 The Third Murder
2018 Shoplifters
2019 The Truth
Cast & Crew
Director: Koreeda Hirokazu
Screenplay: Koreeda Hirokazu
Cinematography: Hong Kyung-pyo
Editing: Koreeda Hirokazu
Music: Jung Jae-il
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Doona Bae, Lee Joo-young, Gang Dong-won, Lee Ji-eun
Producer: Eugene Lee
Production: Zip Cinema
Language: Korean
Colouration: Colour
