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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

2023 · 105 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through ordinary lives unsettled by surreal visitations, asking for patience and rewarding it with melancholy wonder.

Directed by: Pierre Földes
Genres: Animation, Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Katharine King So, Shoshana Wilder, Jesse Noah Gruman

Overview: A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

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Directed by: Pierre Földes
Genres: Animation, Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Katharine King So, Shoshana Wilder, Jesse Noah Gruman

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
fate
survival
madness
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, drama, science fiction
Directed by: Pierre Földes
Written by: Pierre Földes
Starring: Katharine King So, Shoshana Wilder, Jesse Noah Gruman, John Vamvas, Zag Dorison, Amaury de Crayencour, Mathilde Auneveux, Arnaud Maillard
Cinematography: Étienne Boilard
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Languages: French

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