Release Years Archives: 2018

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A closely knit, multigenrational family smile together

Shoplifters (2018) Manbiki kazoku

  Kore-eda Hirokazu

  Japan     121 minutes

Synopsis

A tight-knit unit of petty thieves and outsiders comes together to shelter an abandoned child, but an unforeseen incident threatens to tear apart their newfound family.

 Japanese with subtitles

Kore-eda Retrospective

headshot: Kore-eda HirokazuThis film is part of the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s Kore-eda Hirokazu Tribute and Retrospective program.

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Film Credits

  •   Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kaoru Matsuzaki
  •   Kore-eda Hirokazu
  •   Kore-eda Hirokazu
  •   Ryûto Kondô
  •   Sakura And, Lily Franky, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki
  •   Haruomi Hosono
  •   2018

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Asako I & II Netemo sametemo

  Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

  Japan      2018    

Synopsis

Living in Osaka, Asako falls madly in love. The object of her affections, Baku, is passionate, restless, and hard to pin-down. One day, he wanders right out of her life. Years later, living in Tokyo, Asako encounters Ryohei—a kind, respectable businessman and, mysteriously, Baku’s spitting image. What follows is an intoxicating tale told between two cities (Osaka and Tokyo) and a mesmerizing puzzle of mistaken identities, lingering loves, and passions at cross purposes.

 Japanese with subtitles 
  120 minutes

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Bad Poems Rossz versek

  Gábor Reisz

  Hungary      2018    

Synopsis

Tamás is heartbroken. After his girlfriend dumps him in Paris, he faces an inglorious return to hometown Budapest. As he begrudgingly attempts to get his life back on track, his wanderings across the city of his youth and time spent in his childhood home send him on a self-reflective trip down memory lane into his tortuous past. Dreamy surrealism couples with wry wit in this unexpected romantic comedy that ponders the nature of lost love.

 Hungarian with subtitles 
  94 minutes

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The Missed Round El Piedra

  Rafael Martínez Moreno

  Colombia      2018    

Synopsis

In this unexpected and poignant drama, Reynaldo “El Piedra” Salgado is a once powerful boxer who, facing the end of his career, enters matches as “bait” – one who fights with no chance of winning. One day Breyder, a scrawny kid living on the streets in the outskirts of the coastal Carribean city of Cartagena de Indias, shows up on the ex-champion’s doorstep claiming to be his son. As father and son learn to live together, Reynaldo begins to reconsider his own sense of self as Breyder learns to admire the father who values sacrifice above all else.

 Spanish with subtitles 
  89 minutes

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The Ice King

  James Erskine

  United Kingdom      2018    

Synopsis

Fed up with the strictures and traditions of competitive figure skating, John Curry set out to change the sport forever, partly as the first openly gay Olympian. He blurred the boundaries between sport and art by injecting his routines with elements of ballet, modern dance, and personal expression. Utilizing incredible archival footage and modern-day reflections from Curry’s friends and contemporaries, The Ice King examines the twists and turns in the life and extraordinary legacy of the skating icon.


  89 minutes

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