Monster

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Filmed in his native Japan, director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) has made a wondrous and heartbreaking humanistic tale. The reputation of a schoolteacher, Mr Hori, is questioned when a local fire triggers the circulation of scandalous rumours. Meanwhile, single mother Saori despairs when her son Minato, a student in Hori’s class, comes home from school injured and visibly disturbed, yet unable to share what has happened. However, not all is as it seems, in this compelling drama and mystery that evolves as a non-linear portrait of community, friendship and family. An exquisitely layered conundrum, both coming-of-age film and thriller. (S)

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