Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (French: Saules aveugles, femme endormie) is a 2022 internationally co-produced animated film written, produced, directed and composed by Pierre Földes. A co-production between France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Canada, the film, set in Tokyo shortly after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, adapts 6 short stories from three short story collections by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, The Elephant Vanishes and After The Quake, focusing on a bank employee who is enlisted by a talking frog to assist him in saving the city from destruction by a giant subterranean worm.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Animation, Drama, Sci Fi |
Country: | France, Canada, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
Directed By: | Pierre Földes |
Written By: | Haruki Murakami, Pierre Földes |
Cast: | Théophile Baquet, Amaury De Crayencour, Bruno Paviot, Marie-Christine Barrault, Géraldine Schitter, Arnaud Maillard, Ingrid Donnadieu, Laurent Stocker, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Julien Crampon, Noée Abita, Isabelle Vitari, Jean-Pierre Malignon, Mathilde Auneveux, Féodor Atkine, Pierre Földes, Damien Zanoli |
In Theaters: | Apr 14, 2023 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
Production: | Miyu Productions, An Original Picture, Arte France Cinéma |
Box Office: | $21,842 |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |