Broker

i watched this on the train. i’d look away from the screen and stare into the rolling fields out the window when it got too emotional to bare. the expansiveness of the horizon held the multitudes of the characters motives and desires. it pains me to say that the final 5 minutes played out while we were stopped at a town staring at the back of a beat up barn. that being said, the train is moving again with a beautiful sunset illuminating the sky as i think back on this film. kore-eda knows how to create rich characters who sprawl out in front of your eyes. there is no good vs evil, just deeply nuanced people who connect through the most absolutely heartbreaking dialogue as they discover and connect despite their opposite values.  i’m a fucking sucker for characters hearing what they've always needed to hear so when hae-jin told so-young “thank you for being born” under the dim lights of the hotel room, i nearly burst out in tears. i mean there’s so many great scenes in this thing. when so-young tells sang-hyeon that she may have kept her child if she’d met him earlier and sang-hyeon responds with “it’s not too late” and then doesn’t repeat himself when she says she didn’t hear him …………. he knows he needs the money but his first instincts are one of a father……. and don’t even get me started on the ferris wheel scene.