[i]Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or at Cannes on Saturday for “Shoplifters,” a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable plot twists.
The film depicts a family who, while living on a grandmother’s meager pension, send their children to steal from stores. A series of media reports about people fraudulently claiming pensions inspired Kore-eda’s film.
Prior to Kore-eda’s accolade, the most recent Japanese winner of the Palme D’Or was director Shohei Imamura, who won the award for his film “The Eel” in 1997.[/i] source: japantimes
