This Friday, October 18, at 8:00 p.m., the Ficcmoteca of the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center projects 'A family affair' (Manbiki Kazoku. Japan, 2018).
This film, by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Film in 2018, and the Los Angeles Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Film in the same year.
The original version movie with Spanish subtitles is free to access until full capacity is reached.
Attendees can learn about the story of Osamu and his son when they meet a girl in the middle of a glacial cold.
At first, and after being reluctant to house the girl, Osamu's wife will accept to take care of her when she finds out about the difficulties she faces.
Although the family is poor and barely enough money to survive through small crimes, they seem to live happily together, until an unforeseen accident reveals hidden secrets, testing the ties that bind them.
The film played by Kirin Kiki, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Lily Franky, Moemi Katayama, Sakura Ando, ​​Mayu Matsuoka and with a duration of 121 min was nominated for Best Non-English Film at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena