Broker (2022)
(Beurokeo)
Country: KOR
Technical: col 129m
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae, Dong-won Gang, Lee Ji-eun, Joo-young Lee
Synopsis:
A victim of sexual coercion leaves her baby outside a 'baby box' for desperate mothers. She is observed by a group of 'brokers', who appropriate the babies and find suitable homes for them - at a price, and a pair of police officers on their case. All will have their ideas changed by the events of the next few days.
Review:
In this rare Korean venture, Kore-eda deals with such a sensitive subject with a lightness of touch that puts the human being first, even at its most venal. The pace may drag at first, but this is to give the characters space to breathe and make their impact felt. Once again he argues against a reductive concept of what 'family' means, and encourages us to share his dream of a society in which the kind of happy outcome shown here can be enacted.
(Beurokeo)
Country: KOR
Technical: col 129m
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae, Dong-won Gang, Lee Ji-eun, Joo-young Lee
Synopsis:
A victim of sexual coercion leaves her baby outside a 'baby box' for desperate mothers. She is observed by a group of 'brokers', who appropriate the babies and find suitable homes for them - at a price, and a pair of police officers on their case. All will have their ideas changed by the events of the next few days.
Review:
In this rare Korean venture, Kore-eda deals with such a sensitive subject with a lightness of touch that puts the human being first, even at its most venal. The pace may drag at first, but this is to give the characters space to breathe and make their impact felt. Once again he argues against a reductive concept of what 'family' means, and encourages us to share his dream of a society in which the kind of happy outcome shown here can be enacted.
(Beurokeo)
Country: KOR
Technical: col 129m
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae, Dong-won Gang, Lee Ji-eun, Joo-young Lee
Synopsis:
A victim of sexual coercion leaves her baby outside a 'baby box' for desperate mothers. She is observed by a group of 'brokers', who appropriate the babies and find suitable homes for them - at a price, and a pair of police officers on their case. All will have their ideas changed by the events of the next few days.
Review:
In this rare Korean venture, Kore-eda deals with such a sensitive subject with a lightness of touch that puts the human being first, even at its most venal. The pace may drag at first, but this is to give the characters space to breathe and make their impact felt. Once again he argues against a reductive concept of what 'family' means, and encourages us to share his dream of a society in which the kind of happy outcome shown here can be enacted.