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Monster
9.1
/10
10,579 Ratings

Synopsis

When a young boy displays increasingly worrying behavior at school and home, his mother decides to discuss it with his teachers. It soon becomes apparent that one of his teachers is the source of all the problems. But as the mystery unfolds, the truth becomes more complex than expected.

Our take

Winner of the Queer Palm and Best Screenplay at Cannes, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s intricately structured drama delves into the fragility of boyhood. Bookended by fires and storms, delicate feelings of anger, confusion, and love swell through an exquisite final score from the late maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto.