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Broker

2022 · 129 min

A quietly moving road movie that blends gentle humour with deep compassion, exploring chosen family.

Tagline
Some leave. Some retrieve.
Overview
When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.

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Free in the UK
  • Channel 4
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • parenthood
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Written by
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
129 min
Country
South Korea, Japan
Languages
Korean

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