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.

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda delivers a humanist masterpiece with this tale of parenthood and forgiveness. Drawing comparisons to the work of Yasujiro Ozu, Koreeda’s emotionally rich drama quietly observes the dynamics of the family at its center with boundless empathy, generosity, and care.

Before winning the Palm D’Or with Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda directed this crime thriller filled with nuance and complexity. Defying genre conventions, its whodunit aspect quickly makes room for a deeper exploration of truth, memory and the power of stories that we tell ourselves and others.