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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (film)
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'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman' is a French-Canadian-Luxemburgian-Dutch animated feature film, written and directed by Pierre Fldes, released in 2022.Ben Croll, [https://variety.com/2021/film/global/annecy-miyu-productions-murakami-blind-willow-sleeping-woman-1235000603/ "Miyu Adapts Haruki Murakami Stories With Novel Animation Technique in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman"]. 'Variety', June 19, 2022. An adaptation of six short stories from three short story collections by Haruki Murakami: 'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman', 'The Elephant Vanishes' and 'After The Quake,' the film is set in Tokyo shortly after the 2011 Thoku earthquake, and tells a surreal story about a bank employee who is enlisted by a talking frog to assist him in saving the city from destruction by a giant subterranean worm.Wendy Ide, [https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/blind-willow-sleeping-woman-annecy-review/5171611.article "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Annecy Review"]. 'Screen Daily', June 16, 2022.
The film's voice cast includes Marcello Arroyo, Michael Czyz, Zag Dorison, Pierre Fldes, Jesse Noah Gruman, Katharine King So, John Vamvas, Nadia Verrucci and Shoshana Wilder.
To create a version of 3D motion capture animation within a two-dimensional film, Fldes filmed the entire script 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 film premiered in the feature film competition at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival,John Hopewell, [https://variety.com/2022/film/news/annecy-spider-verse-puss-in-boots-1235255987/ "Annecy Gets Pinocchio, Spider-Verse, Puss in Boots Footage and Lightyear, and Unveils Festival Lineup"]. 'Variety', May 2, 2022. where it was awarded a Jury Distinction.Valerie Complex, [https://deadline.com/2022/06/little-nicholas-happy-as-can-be-takes-top-honor-1235048317/ "Little Nicholas Happy As Can Be Takes Top Honor At Annecy International Animation Film Festival"]. 'Deadline Hollywood', June 18, 2022. It is slated to have its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.Eric Lavalle, [https://www.ioncinema.com/news/foreign-film-news/2022-tiff-charlotte-le-bons-falcon-lake-graham-foys-the-maiden-carly-stones-north-of-normal-added-to-cwc-section "2022 TIFF: Charlotte Le Bons Falcon Lake, Graham Foys The Maiden & Carly Stones North of Normal Added to CWC Section"]. 'Ion Cinema', August 11, 2022.
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