BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
dir. Pierre Földes
FR, LU, CA, NL, 2022, 100′
A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives. This animated adaptation of several short stories by Haruki Murakami, steeped in magic realism, won Jury Distinction at Annecy and screened at Toronto International Film Festival.
