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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Saules aveugles, femme endormie)

Support : AFS
Director(s): Pierre Földes
Producer(s): DOGHOUSE FILMS
Cinéma Defacto, Miyu Productions (FR), micro_scope, Productions L’Unité Centrale (CA), An Original Picture (NL), Studio Ma, Arte France Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (FR)
Script: Pierre Földes (based on novels by Haruki Murakami)
Year: 2023
Form: ANIMATION - Feature film
Genre: Drama
Original version: English, French
Running time: 100'
Synopsis

Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after having watched the earthquake news for five days in a row. Her husband Komura, at a loss, takes a week off and undertakes a journey up north to deliver a mysterious box to two young women. His colleague,
Katagiri, a lonely, unattractive debt collector, comes home one evening to find a frog, 2 meters tall, standing upright asking for his help to save Tokyo from another earthquake.

Casting

French Voices : Amaury De Crayencourt, Mathilde Auneveux, Arnaud Maillard, Pierre Földes, Noée Abita

Nominations & Awards

Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy (FR) 2022 : Official competition - Mention du jury

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