Saules Aveugles, Femme Endormie
Synopsis
Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after watching images of the earthquake five days in a row.
Her distraught husband Komura takes a week's leave and travels north to deliver a box with enigmatic contents to two young women. Her office colleague, Katagiri, a modest, ungainly and lonely debt collector, returns home one evening to find a two-metre-high toad asking for help in saving Tokyo from another impending earthquake.
Through memories, dreams and fantasies, Kyoko, Komura and Katagiri, influenced by their visions of the earthquake - in the form of evil willows, a giant earthworm, a secret wish, a mysterious box and a dark, endless corridor - try to reconnect with themselves.
Directed by Pierre Földes
Adapted from short stories by Haruki Murakami
Format: feature-length
Technique: 2D digital animation
Status: completed

Partners and funding
Coproduction: Cinéma Defacto, Miyu Productions (France), Doghouse Films (Luxembourg), micro_scope, Productions L'Unité Centrale (Canada), An Original Picture (Netherlands), Studio Ma, Arte France Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (France)
With the support of : Film Fund Luxembourg, CNC, Media Europe Creative, Eurimages, Procirep, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Région Île-de-france, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Cinéventure, Cinéaxe, Cinémage, Arte Cofinova, Ciné+, Arte, SODEC, Telefilm Canada, Fonds Harold Greenberg, Netherlands Film Fund
French distribution: Gebeka Films
International sales: The Match Factory
With the support of : Film Fund Luxembourg
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