Neon unveiled the official trailer for Broker (브로커), the South Korean drama starring Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won, as friends running an illegal business stealing babies from the church’s baby box – boxes for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies -and selling the babies on the adoption black market. Also starring in the film are Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, and Lee Joo-young.
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters), Broker premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where the film won Ecumenical Jury Award and the Best Actor Award for Song Kang-ho, and will open in theaters on December 26th, 2022.
Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, Academy Award nominated filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu returns with Broker, starring Cannes Best Actor winner Song Kang Ho (Parasite). The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
Watch the official trailer for Broker.