{"id":3976,"date":"2018-08-14T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T22:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/2018\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2018-09-11T13:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:14:30","slug":"riga-iff-selection-premiere-shoplifters-test-the-boundaries-of-family-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/riga-iff-selection-premiere-shoplifters-test-the-boundaries-of-family-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"FESTIVAL SELECTION premiere: \u2018Shoplifters\u2019 tests the boundaries of family ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 21 at 19.00, the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) will present the Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2018s film \u2018Shoplifters\u2019, winner of the Cannes Palme d&#8217;Or, within the programme <a href=\"http:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/2018\/riga-iff-selection\/\">FESTIVAL SELECTION<\/a> \u2013 a showcase of films awarded with prestigious prizes and praised by the experts and audiences. Get your tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.piletilevi.ee\/public\/?concert=260301&#038;design=rigaiff&#038;lang=eng&#038;center=126&#038;policy=1&#038;shop_provider=rigaiff#view=ticketsselect\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hirokazu Kore-eda&#8217;s \u2014 the winner of the Cannes Palme d&#8217;Or \u2014 works provide a chance to briefly escape from one\u2019s life and to discover what really matters in it. His world is full of meaningful everyday moments that connect people to one another and will be remembered forever.<\/p>\n<p>The film tells about a poor family that shelters a little girl they come across one night in the freezing cold of Tokyo. They seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets and it turns out \u2013 the close bonds that unite them are perceived just as crimes in the eyes of society. Hirokazu Kore-eda \u2013 one of the Japan\u2019s most talented and highly acclaimed filmmakers \u2013 has been awarded with more than 40 prizes at the most significant international film festivals. This year, he won the Palme d&#8217;Or for the \u2018Shoplifters\u2019, but this is not his first big success at the Cannes International film festival \u2013 his film \u2018Like Father, Like Son\u2019 received the Jury Prize in 2013. Although the filmmaker is often compared to another great master of Japanese cinema \u2013 Yasujiro Ozu, known for intimate family dramas, he thinks that his creative work is more like Mikio Naruse and Ken Loach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-container mb-5\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/izavugPJsaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The director comments on this production: \u201cThe story explores what makes a family, whether we can form a family beyond blood relations. In Japan, crimes like pension frauds and parents making their children shoplift are criticized severely. Of course, these criminals should be criticized but I am wondering why people get so angry over such minor infractions even though there are many lawbreakers out there committing far more serious crimes without condemnation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RIGA IFF will take place from October 18 \u2013 31. Its screening venues will be cinemas Splendid Palace, KSuns and Kino Bize, as well as the National Library of Latvia. The audience will be presented with more than 100 films in 12 programmes, diverse industry events, and a range of thought provoking public discussions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 21 at 19.00, the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) will present the Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2018s film \u2018Shoplifters\u2019, winner of the Cannes Palme d&#8217;Or, within the programme <a href=\"http:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/2018\/riga-iff-selection\/\">FESTIVAL SELECTION<\/a> \u2013 a showcase of films awarded with prestigious prizes and praised by the experts and audiences. Get your tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.piletilevi.ee\/public\/?concert=260301&#038;design=rigaiff&#038;lang=eng&#038;center=126&#038;policy=1&#038;shop_provider=rigaiff#view=ticketsselect\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hirokazu Kore-eda&#8217;s \u2014 the winner of the Cannes Palme d&#8217;Or \u2014 works provide a chance to briefly escape from one\u2019s life and to discover what really matters in it. His world is full of meaningful everyday moments that connect people to one another and will be remembered forever.<\/p>\n<p>The film tells about a poor family that shelters a little girl they come across one night in the freezing cold of Tokyo. They seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets and it turns out \u2013 the close bonds that unite them are perceived just as crimes in the eyes of society. Hirokazu Kore-eda \u2013 one of the Japan\u2019s most talented and highly acclaimed filmmakers \u2013 has been awarded with more than 40 prizes at the most significant international film festivals. This year, he won the Palme d&#8217;Or for the \u2018Shoplifters\u2019, but this is not his first big success at the Cannes International film festival \u2013 his film \u2018Like Father, Like Son\u2019 received the Jury Prize in 2013. Although the filmmaker is often compared to another great master of Japanese cinema \u2013 Yasujiro Ozu, known for intimate family dramas, he thinks that his creative work is more like Mikio Naruse and Ken Loach.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4653,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions\/4653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}