‘Broker’ – belief in kindness

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‘Broker’ – Faith in kindness

Trailer for the movie `Broker`.

Two brokers Sang Hyun (Song Kang Ho) and Dong Soo (Kang Dong Won) steal the baby and sell it to a new family to make money.

Afraid of being discovered, Sang Hyun and Dong Soo negotiated with So Young to join her in finding a home for the child.

The work promotes kindness and at the same time shows the filmmaker’s attitude towards the current social situation.

Typically, the scene where So Young and Dong Soo quarreled in the evening after the three of them decided to go on a trip to find new parents for Woo Sung.

The second half of the movie is a bonding moment between strangers.

Broker gives viewers a multi-dimensional view of the `baby box`.

The image of rigid police officer Soo Jin alludes to the negative reaction of some people when `baby boxes` appeared in Korea.

In the movie `Broker`, Sang Hyun (played by Song Kang Ho, left) and Dong Soo (Kang Dong Won) are two child brokers.

The screenwriter skillfully creates conflict, pushing the pace of the film up so that viewers know the reason the two became `brokers`.

In the past, Sang Hyun had an incomplete family.

Dong Soo grew up wondering about the mother who abandoned him.

‘Broker’ – Faith in kindness

Director Kore-eda Hirokazu and the cast talk about the work `Broker`, the film nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Video: CGV

The cast’s acting is quite uniform, giving the audience an overview of the characters.

Lee Ji Eun portrays the image of a young mother through her carefree appearance and decisive words.

Kore-eda Hirokazu especially honored Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece Magnolia (1999) through the song Wise Up by Aimee Mann.

The work was nominated for Cannes’ Palme d’Or this year, winning the Ecumenical Jury within the framework of the Film Festival, an award that `honors works of artistic quality and touches the depth of the soul`.

However, the film circuit has not really broken through.

Song Kang Ho won the male lead award at Cannes in May this year.

In early June, Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife had a weekend date at a theater in Seoul, they chose to watch Broker.