Hirokazu Kore-eda is bringing his latest effort, 'Sheep in a Box,' to the Croisette this year, but his first trip was with a somewhat divisive film.
, a sci-fi tale about a couple who adopt a humanoid robot after the death of their son, will be his eighth film to play in competition.
The Toyko-born Kore-eda served on the jury, headed by Greta Gerwig, two years ago, and before that, his filmwon the Palme d’Or in 2018 and went on to earn an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film. But while a lot of promise surrounded Kore-eda when he was first called to Cannes in 2001 with his film, which seemed to single-handedly resurrect the metaphysical art film, expectations were running way too high to put this very small, fragile film under the heat of competition.
”'The Meltdown' Review: Truth Is a Rare Commodity in a Slow-Burn Mystery Set in Chile's Wintry Andes The film takes place three years after a cult poisoned Tokyo’s drinking water then committed mass suicide; five survivors revisit the site of the suicide and reminisce about those they lost. Cowan called the story “so ambiguous and unresolved that it allows small yields only after much work.
But I can think of no filmmaker with the courage to try such an austere approach with such an open wound of a subject, especially in Japan. Rumor has it that it was elevated to compete at the last minute — how foolish.
”critic Michael Rechtshaffen was less forgiving, saying, “With its reliance on shaky handheld camera work, unscripted dialog and a heavily wooded backdrop,internationalRyusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ Confronts Life, Death and the Failures of Capitalism — and Changed Its Stars’ LivesJulian SanctonThe Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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