Actor Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor award at Cannes in 2022 for his role in Broker
Broker is a South Korean drama produced by Zip Cinema and distributed by CJ Entertainment. The film is written and directed by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who also directed Like Father, Like Son (2013) and 2018 Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters. Broker premiered at Cannes in 2022, and protagonist Song Kang-ho (Parasite) won the Best Actor award for his performance.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda originally got the idea for the film while doing research for his film Like Father, Like Son, when he stumbled across the concept of “baby boxes”. The boxes are deposit hatches attached to churches where babies can be left anonymously for any number of reasons, before being transferred into the adoption system. They can be found in countries around the world, and the idea continues to spark controversy.
Broker stars Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won as friends Ha Sang-hyeon and Dong-soo, respectively. Lee Ji-eun plays Moon So-young, the young mother in search of her child, and Bae Doona and Lee Joo-young play the two detectives hot on their trail.