"Another striking piece of work from a master, a movie that’s so carefully calibrated that you get lost in these characters, forgetting they're performers and not people caught up in a genuinely traumatic chapter of life." - Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
"Keeps its secrets until its final moments, leaving us with the feeling that we have earned its trust and are worthy of the precious, beautiful truths that lie at its heart." - Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, AWFJ.org
“This exquisitely rendered work from Kore-eda is a delicate web of compassion and embattlement: three separate views of one stretch of momentous time, spun and re-spun with care and craft.” - Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Saturday, July 11, 1:00 p.m. | When a young boy displays increasingly worrying behavior at school and home, his mother decides to discuss it with his teachers. It soon becomes apparent that one of his teachers is the source of all the problems. But as the mystery unfolds, the truth becomes more complex than expected.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee - Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner - Gold Q-Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival
Winner - Audience Award, Vancouver International Film Festival
MUBI FEST CHICAGO | July 11–12, 2026
BETTER TOGETHER: A series of cinematic pairings that reflect and refract one another, exploring relationships as a shifting bond shaped by loyalty, desire, intimacy and power. Each film might echo or complicate the other, but they're always better together.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu