Awarded the Queer Palm and the Best Screenplay Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster also picked up a glowing 4-star review from our man, Mark Walsh, at the London Film Festival in October!

Directed by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster features excellent performances from Sakura Ando, Sōya Kurokawa and Hinata Hiiragi in their debut film roles.

The film also boasts a score by the late, legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, and it’s also been recently nominated for Best International Independent Film at the 2023 BIFAs – check out the trailer now, it comes to cinemas on 15 March:

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, single mother Saori knows that there is something wrong. Discovering that one of his teachers might be responsible, she storms into the school demanding answers. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, shocking truths begin to emerge.

Monster opens in UK and Irish cinemas on 15th March, from Picturehouse Entertainment