Monster / Kaibutsu

dir. Hirokazu Koreeda

Japan

2023 / 126′ 

International Feature Film Competition

Three perspectives of the same, seemingly simple story. A fight breaks out at school, a morally ambiguous teacher and a mother fighting for her son. The story is about how friendship, love and rejection often exist on the same plane. The film’s soundtrack is the latest work of Academy Award composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.