Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
February 24, 2023Release Date
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
February 24, 2023Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Katharine King So
Shimao (voice)
Amaury de Crayencour
Komura
Shoshana Wilder
Kyoko (voice)
Jesse Noah Gruman
Junpei (voice)
Mathilde Auneveux
Kyoko
John Vamvas
Manager (voice)
Arnaud Maillard
Katagiri
Zag Dorison
Ken (voice)
Bruno Paviot
Sasaki
Féodor Atkine
M. Suzuki
Pierre Földes
Frog
Théophile Baquet
Junpei
Julien Crampon
Hiroshi
Damien Zanoly
Shiraoka
Olivier Père
Producer
Laurent Stocker
Ken
Haruki Murakami
Writer
Pierre Baussaron
Producer
Jean-Pierre Malignon
Restaurant Owner (voice)
Tom Dercourt
Producer
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Old Man (voice)
Isabelle Vitari
Keiko (voice)
David Mouraire
Producer
Géraldine Schitter
Shimao (voice)
Étienne Boilard
Cinematographer
Ingrid Donnadieu
Nurse (voice)
Marie-Christine Barrault
Komura's Mother (voice)
Kara Blake
Editor
Noée Abita
Lass (voice)
Kate Yablunovsky
CastingDirector
Joost de Vries
Producer
Julien De Man
ProductionDesigner
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 24, 2023
Original NameSaules aveugles, femme endormie
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Budget$6,900,000
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Wiki.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (French: Saules aveugles, femme endormie) is a 2022 animated anthology drama film written, produced, directed and composed by Pierre Földes. An international co-production of Canada, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the film, set in Tokyo shortly after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, adapts six short stories from three 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. To create a version of 3D motion capture animation within a 2D film, Földes filmed his entire screenplay as a live-action "reference" performance, following which the animators replaced the actors' heads with 3D models and then traced and animated their facial expressions. The voice cast includes Marcello Arroyo, Michael Czyz, Zag Dorison, Földes, Jesse Noah Gruman, Katharine King So, John Vamvas, Nadia Verrucci and Shoshana Wilder.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman premiered in the feature film competition at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it was awarded a Jury Distinction, and was later screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the festival's Contemporary World Cinema section.