"Soshite Chichi ni Naru" wins the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Japanese movie "Soshite Chichi ni Naru" won the Jury Prize at the 66th Cannes Film Festival where the director Koreeda Hirokazu collected the award on 25 May in Cannes. The movie features Fukuyama Masaharu and Ono Machiko as a couple who discover that the son they have been raising for the past 6 years is not theirs as their baby was unwittingly swapped with another couple's child (Lily Frankie and Maki Youko) and describes the complex emotions they feel as they struggle to come to terms with the situation. The film was first screened at Cannes on 19 May and earned a standing ovation of 10 minutes from the audience.

Source: Sanspo