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Hirokazu Koreeda adapts Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back into a live-action Venice film that traces a decade of two teen manga artists’ friendship, merging gentle natural imagery with a poignant tragedy; praised for its visuals and performances, though some feel the runtime stretches the source material.
Sheep in the Box imagines a not‑too‑distant future where a bereaved mother and her husband hire a humanoid child to resurrect their dead son. Koreeda crafts a dreamlike, allegorical tale that blends dystopian tech with intimate family drama, asking who the dead belong to and what makes a family. Anchored by Haruka Ayase’s extraordinary performance and lush visuals, the film turns dystopian nightmare material into a wistful fairytale about rebirth and acceptance.
At Cannes, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Sheep in the Box follows a grieving couple who adopt an AI surrogate of their dead son. The review argues the film is emotionally restrained and more about our impulse to outsource feeling than the bereavement itself, with its strongest moments when the robo-child asserts a sense of agency. Koreeda critiques relying on technology to handle memory and suggests humanity’s future depends on tending memory and imagination, even as AI enters intimate space. Neon will release it later in 2026; grade: B-.