Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after spending five days in a row glued to unfolding earthquake footage on TV. Her helpless husband Komura takes a week’s leave from work and heads north to deliver a box and its unknown contents to two young women. His colleague Katagiri, an awkward loner in life, returns home one evening to find a two-metre-tall frog asking for his help to save Tokyo from an imminent earthquake.
Winner of a jury distinction at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Presented at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Saules Aveugles, Femme Endormie
2022
16 years
110 min.
Animation
France, Canada, The Netherlands, Luxembourg
France, Canada, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, animation, literary adaptation, existential crisis, family drama, international festivals, awarded films, magic realism
Colorido
Pierre Földes
Ryan Bommarito, Shoshana Wilder, Marcelo Arroyo, Scott Humphrey, Arthur Holden, Pierre Földes
Pierre Földes
Etienne Boilard
Kara Blake
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Cinéma Defacto, Miyu Productions, Doghouse Films, micro_scope, Productions l’unité centrale, An Original Picture, Studio Ma
Pierre Földes
The Match Factory
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