Gripping drama about thieves who steal your heart.
That blood is not thicker than water is at the center of Hirokazu Koreeda's family drama Shoplifters. A beautiful film that offers both uplifting humanism and some unexpected twists.It is clear that Koreeda has family as his most important subject when making films. Or rather the lack of family. In previous films such as Nobody Knows or Like Father, Like Son (both prize winners at Cannes) he explores how to create your own community even if you are not born into it. That theme is most clearly repeated in Shoplifters.
Here, in the beginning, we meet Osamu (Franky Lily) and a boy who smoothly picks up goods in a store without paying. But on their way home, they suddenly see a freezing little girl who seems to have run away from her destructive parents. They decide that she can accompany them to their house, where 3 women, one of whom is a grandmother, also live. At first, the girl is waiting, but the slightly messy and loud gathering in the family means that she will soon be living there indefinitely.
At first glance, it is nothing more than that. We get to follow the lives of the various family members and see how they try to cope with everyday life with little money. And really that would have been enough. Koreeda is a master at portraying everyday situations that don't really have much to say, but are completely fascinating to us moviegoers.
But Shoplifters also have other sides. With about a third of the film remaining, Koreeda reshuffles the cards and takes the story to unexpected lands. It works surprisingly well and is a good move purely dramaturgically.
The actors are all excellent, not least the 2 children, and the film is tight, but beautifully shot in all its everydayness. As usual, Koreeda does not go for the sentimental, but mainly spices up the story with a humanism that is really felt right down to the heart.
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Conforme eu fui assistindo e ficando feliz com a estrutura familiar apesar de tudo, eu ficava muito mais apreensivo esperando algo de ruim acontecer e quando aconteceu, eu quebrei.vou bater eternamente na tecla que de família é quem te oferece amor e não quem somente compartilha seu sangue. é cruelmente lindo a maneira que a família aqui se relaciona, cada um com background horrível com uma segunda chance de provar um pouco da felicidade. é muito claro a maneira como cada membro se importava com o outro ao ponto de suportar e de se submeter a situações não convencionais para o bem estar de todo mundo. se tratando do koreeda eu já sabia que essa seria uma obra que mexeria no coração e realmente ele sabe trabalhar em um drama como ninguém!!
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