Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film Broker cements him as a master of empathetic cinema. What begins as a light-hearted road trip film swiftly transforms into a profoundly touching meditation on what it means to belong. Broker presents, with deep care and compassion, broken characters dealing with their own senses of abandonment and isolation. Gradually they come together, and learn not only to love, trust, and forgive; but also to accept the love of others.