Broker

Broker is a 2022 South Korean drama film written, directed and edited by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, and starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, and Lee Joo-young. The film revolves around characters associated with baby boxes, which allow infants to be dropped off anonymously to be cared for by others. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened on 26 May and won Ecumenical Jury Award and the Best Actor Award for Song Kang-ho. It was released on June 8, 2022, in theaters in South Korea. Synopsis Ha Sang-hyeon is the owner of a hand laundry and volunteers at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two run an illegal business together: Sang-hyeon occasionally steals babies from the church's baby box with Dong-soo, who deletes the church's surveillance footage that shows a baby was left there. They sell the babies on the adoption black market. But when a young mother So-young comes back after having abandoned her baby, she discovers them and decides to go with them on a road trip to interview the baby's potential parents. Meanwhile, two detectives, Soo-jin and Lee, are on their trail. Cast Song Kang-ho as Ha Sang-hyeon, the owner of a hand laundry who takes babies from a baby box at a nearby church and sells them with the help of his partner Dong-soo. Gang Dong-won as Dong-soo, Sang-hyeon's right-hand man who works part-time at the church and covers for Sang-hyeon. Bae Doona as Soo-jin, a police detective who is investigating the two men's illegal business. Lee Ji-eun as Moon So-young, a mother who decides to leave her baby at the baby box. Lee Joo-young as Detective Lee, Soo-jin's colleague who also participates in the investigation. Park Ji-yong as Woo-sung, So-young's baby Im Seung-soo as Hae-jin, a child in the same nursery as Dong-soo who joins the brokers' journey. Kang Gil-woo as Mr. Lim, a trader who illegally trafficks children. Special appearances Lee Moo-saeng as Seon-ho Ryu Kyung-soo as Shin Tae-ho Song Sae-byeok as a kindergarten director. Kim Seon-young as the wife of the kindergarten director Lee Dong-hwi as Song Kim Sae-byuk as Song's wife Kim Do-yeon as Sun-ah Park Hae-joon as Yoon Baek Hyun-jin as Detective Choi Kim Ye-eun as Im's wife