This film tells the story of an unusual family. Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu's wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces.
Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
Hirokazu Kore-eda has been in Competition at Cannes Festival four times before, and won in 2013 the Jury Prize with "Like father, like son".
The Grand Prix, often seen as the runner-up to the Palme d'Or, went to American director Spike Lee for "BlacKkKlansman" and the Jury Prize was given to Lebanese director Nadine Labaki for "Capernaum".
Two films have been awarded the best screenplay award : "Three Faces" and "Happy as Lazzaro". Other winners at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival include Samal Yeslyamova for Best Actress in the Russian SergeyDvortsevoy-directed "My little one"; Italian Marcello Fonte for Best Actor for "Dogman"; and the Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski for Best Director for his film "Cold war".
This year, the Jury decided to give Special Palme d'Or to Jean-Luc Godard for "Image Book".
In the shorts category, Jury Special Mention was awarded to Chinese Wei Shujun for "On the border".
A total of 21 films were competing for the Palme d'or of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 8 to 19.
