Sheep in the boxa sci-fi drama by Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda that is in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, had its world premiere Saturday afternoon at the Grand Theater Lumière, receiving a five-minute standing ovation from the assembled audience.
The director’s 17th feature, which Neon will distribute later this year in the US, depicts the world in the near future, at a time when artificial intelligence has come to dominate almost every aspect of our lives. Amid this backdrop, Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto play a young couple mourning the recent death of their son, who brings a humanoid robot baby into their home.
Kore-eda, who tends to produce dramas about families, is a regular at Cannes. At the festival, he made his debut in 2013 Like father, like son (Which won the Jury Prize) for the year 2015 Our little sister2016 After the storm2018 Thieves (Winner of the Palme d’Or) in 2022 mediator And 2023 A monster. Thieves It went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature.
Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney in his review of Sheep in the boxcalled it a “must see”. Kore-eda shared his own thoughts on the film in an interview on May 15 THRPatrick Brzeski.
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