Paprika

DC-Mini is a futuristic revolutionary gadget that will enable psychotherapists to penetrate the dreams of their patients and treat their anxieties. Like all inventions, its misuse may have devastating effects. When one of the devices is stolen, a series of events unfolds involving a sexy police inspector and a mysterious red-head who bears a surprising resemblance to the DC-Mini’s genius inventor herself. We join them as they travel from dream to dream, from one adventure to the next....

Yasutaka Tsutsui is one of Japan’s best-known science fiction writers. primarily known for the satirical and critical content of his works. Satoshi Kon is regarded as one of the country’s most brilliant animation creators, whose sophisticated compositions surpass regular anime creations by far. The pairing of the two makes for one of the most successful anime works of recent times. This adventure-filled work contains a bit of everything – including shared dreams, multiple identities, and other original ideas. Kon’s colorful audacity, hyper-realism, beautiful hallucinations, and satirical analysis, along with the clever critique of consumerism and the balanced mix of suspense, violence, and sex, contribute to the magnetic allure of this film. David Denby, of The New Yorker defines Paprika as “A Freudian-Jungian-Felliniesque sci-fi thriller.”