Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between ‘nature’ and ‘nurture.’ Seeing Midori’s devotion to Keita even after learning his origin, and communicating with the rough yet caring family that has raised his natural son for the last six years, Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a ‘father’ all these years… Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not ‘their’ son – the hospital gave them the wrong baby. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Note: our coverage of Asia is East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.Would you choose your natural son, or the son you believed was yours after spending 6 years together? Kore-eda Hirokazu, the globally acclaimed director of “Nobody Knows”, “Still Walking” and “I Wish”, returns to the big screen with another family – a family thrown into torment after a phone call from the hospital where the son was born… Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Finally there will be three restorations, Thamp (The Circus Tent) by Aravindan Govindan (India), “ Itim” by Mike De Leon (Philippines), and “ Pratidwandi” (The Adversary) by Satyajit Ray (India). At the Short Films Section there will be screenings of “ Gakjil” (Persona) by Sujin Moon (South Korea), “ Hai Bian Sheng Qi Yi Zuo Xuan Ya” (The Water Murmurs) by Jianying Chen (China), Lori (Melancholy of My Mother’s Lullabies) by Abinash Bikram Shah (Nepal), “ Po Sui Tai Yang Zhi Xin” (A Short Story) by Bi Gan (China), and “ Same Old” by Lloyd Lee Choi (US). There will be also a special screening of “ All That Breathes” by Shaunak Sen (US, India, UK).Īt the Cinéfondation section we will find “ Di Er” (Somewhere) by Li Jiahe (China), Feng Zheng (The Silent Whistle) by Li Yingtong (China), and Nauha by Pratham Khurana (India). “ Hunt”, the Opera Prima of Lee Jung-Jae – the main actor of Squid Game – will premiere at the Out of Competition section. At the Un Certain Regard section we have three feature films, Joyland by Saim Sadiq (Pakistan), Plan 75 by Hayakawa Chie a Japanese-french-filipino co production, Retour A Séoul (All the People I’ll Never Be) by Davy Chou (France, Germany, Belgium, Qatar).

This year two Asian films will be in the Main Competition, “ Broker” by Koreeda Hirokazu (Shoplifters, Like Father Like Son ), and Heojil Kyolshim (Decision To Leave) by Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden ).

These are the Asian films that will be screened at the Festival de Cannes which will run from May 17 – 28, 2022.

Korean short movie like father like son