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Koreeda’s Gentle AI-Grief Tale Finds Humanity in a High-Tech Afterlife

At Cannes 2026, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Sheep in the Box imagines a near-future where grieving parents lease a humanoid clone of their dead son, powered by AI. The film treats the unsettling premise with quiet melancholy, focusing on Otone and Kensuke’s struggle to grieve and heal, rather than promoting the technology or warning against it. While it nods to AI-dramas like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Her, Kore-eda’s restrained approach centers on memory, guilt, and human connection instead of a dystopian alarmist message.

via Vulture|

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film10 days ago•17 min saved

Koreeda Turns Grief Into a Gentle AI Fairy Tale in Sheep in the Box

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.

via Deadline|

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entertainment10 days ago•15 min saved

Kore-eda's AI-Infused Family Drama Ignites Cannes with 3.5-Min Ovation

Hirokazu Kore-eda's near-future drama Sheep in the Box, in which grieving parents welcome a state-of-the-art humanoid infant, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival to a 3.5-minute standing ovation, marking the director's return to the Croisette since Monster. Starring Ayase Haruka and Yamamoto Daigo, with Kuwaki Rimu as the infant, the film is lauded for its provocative take on parenthood and tech, and drew notable applause from James Franco.

via Variety|

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film10 days ago•21 min saved

Koreeda Probes Memory and AI in Cannes Drama Sheep in the Box

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-.

via IndieWire|

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