If you loved Monster, try Shoplifters

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Monster, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Shoplifters is

Tokyo outskirts, rainy evening, a family huddled around a TV. A makeshift family of shoplifters and scavengers forms uneasy bonds, taking in a young girl found on the streets. Kore-eda probes the edges of familial love.

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