Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

2022 [FRENCH]

Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 82% · 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82%
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 1255 1.3K

schizophrenia cat sense of life earthquake tsunami tokyo, japan

Plot summary

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.

Director

Pierre Földes Photo
Pierre Földes

Top cast

Géraldine Schitter Photo
Géraldine Schitter as Shimao
Arthur Holden Photo
Arthur Holden as Mr Suzuki
Marie-Christine Barrault Photo
Marie-Christine Barrault as Mère de Komura
Katharine King So Photo
Katharine King So as Shimao
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995.93 MB
1280*694
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt   fr   de   us   es   it   tr  
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.8 GB
1920*1040
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt   fr   de   us   es   it   tr  
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 7 / 10

Different

Blind willow, sleeping woman is, strange. That doesn't mean bad, but it's different than your regular monday night cinema. I usually get annoyed by 2d animation or it takes me a while to get into it, but in this picture they make use of some sort of 2d/3d blend, which turned out very beautiful at times. The stories are really strange, but they make me want to read the books at the same time. Adults, as I too, often lose their childlike imagination. So an animation that's as imaginative and dreamy as this makes a good escape from the sometimes harsh reality of life. The music is simply beautiful and used sparsely but at the right moments. Pretty good movie, definitively more than I thought it would be.
Reviewed by 10 / 10

Magic! So Murakami!

The beautiful animation and music by Pierre Földes looks like pure imagination although it is all based on various stories by Haruki Murakami. I can't be called a Murakami fan but I've read a few of his books and they always manage to do some magic on me and make me enter a certain state of trance, a different reality. It is always hard to remember the plot some time later, but this feeling lingers on. Same with this animation film: Földes managed to make this magic visual using his own. Dreams become reality and then turn back to being dreams.Makes me want to read the stories now. Bravo and many thanks!
Reviewed by 9 / 10

Murakami fans

Personally I haven't read this particular book but I'm a huge Murakami fan. I don't think Murakami is for everyone and this films speaks more to Harukis fans than regular film lovers. It's pretty hard to understand and you have to think hard to take something from it.I loved everything about it, I'll be watching it at least for one year to really appreciate it. It reminds me my love for his literature and narrative. If you ever thought about reading Murakami don't watch Norwegian wood, watch this. Huge recommendation for everyone who loves magic realism.Mby after I'll read this book I'll change my mind, but till then it's a great film for me, it's one of my two 2023 favourites (Barbie and Blind Willow, Sleeping woman)
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