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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Kore-eda Brings Korean Road Trip Drama to Cannes with ‘Broker’

The 75th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Broker" (Les bonnes etoiles) in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 26, 2022. Director Hirokazu Kore-eda, cast members Song Kang-Ho and Lee Ji-eun (known as IU) pose. (Reuters)

Acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda collaborated with an all-star Korean cast for his story of three crooks and a baby in "Broker", which premiered Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France.

Song Kang-ho, known for his role in Oscar-winning black comedy "Parasite", plays one of a duo of crooks who steal an abandoned infant from a church's "baby box", intending to sell it on the black market.

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