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CANNES FESTIVAL, “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Koreeda makes his comeback

He was in Cannes last in 2016

The Shibata family is poor. Osamu, the man of the house, and his boy Shota, get by with petty thievery, one of the women of the household is a sex worker, the other works in an industrial laundry, they all sleep like sardines in a small apartment. Heading home after a shoplifting outing one day, Osamu his son Shota in tow finds Yuri, a little girl who is sitting by the curb. They bring her home. ... more >