Following the sparsely attended media conference for Close at Cannes this morning, journalists packed their way into the press room to hear Broker director Hirokazu Kore-Eda and cast, giving them a…
which wound up being nominated for a Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2019, and scored the Jury Prize in 2013 for Many this morning questioned Kore-Eda on taking a humorous slant on such a serious topic as unwanted babies and the sale of them.
“The two hours of films is to open people’s minds,” he continued, “People call into question their hasty viewpoints on baby box. I didn’t want to give an answer in any way.” “The more serious things are, the more I want to add a light touch, a touch of humor; I like these contrasts.”
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