Struggling to provide food, clothes, and education while living on meager wages, the Shibata’s supplement their income through odd jobs and petty theft. Despite their own needs, this unconventional family takes in an abandoned child and teaches her their ways of survival. In their fight to endure and even thrive, an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets and tests the bonds that unite them.

Awards: Winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or, Nominee Best Foreign Language Film Academy Awards, Nominee Best Picture Golden Globes

Acclaimed international films are presented in their original language with English subtitles for FREE! Films are shown in either the Playhouse Theater or Belushi Hall at the McAninch Arts Center on Wednesdays at 1:30 and 7:30p in February and March.

Thank you for supporting our Global Flicks 2019 series with record attendance this past February and March. Check back when we announce the 2020 series of films which will coincide with the announcement of the MAC’s 2019/2020 series.

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan | Drama, 2018
2 hours, 1 min. | Japanese

Global Flicks is co-sponsored by COD Field Studies/Study Abroad/Global Education and the MAC.
Click HERE for a listing of all films as well as their availability in the COD Library.