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“Manbiki Kazoku,” “A Family Affair”

The winner of the 2018 Cannes Festival
Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky and Moemi Katayama
Directed by Koreeda Hirokazu

Hirokazu Koreeda’s (是枝 裕和) “After the Storm,” the story of a divorced family having a reunion as a storm loomed large on the horizon, ran in competition at the Cannes Festival two years ago. “The Third Murder” was presented at the Berlinale last year, a rather twisted police procedural. And now, a “A family affair,” a film that’s centered on the intimate relations of the Shibatas, a small group of ... more >