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Paprika
JAPAN · 2006

Paprika

Satoshi Kon
dream and reality identity and duality technology and ethics psychology and the subconscious corruption and chaos
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Synopsis

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

Cinema Atlas Connection
And then of course, things like 'Akira' and 'Paprika' are definitely in the DNA of a lot of what I do.
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