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PAPRIKA (PAPURIKA), 2006, Sony Pictures Classics, 90 min. In the final film from animator Satoshi Kon, an experimental device called the DC Mini allows people to view others’ dreams. A promising tool for psychotherapy, Dr. Chiba uses it on her patients, adopting the alter-ego “Paprika” to enter their nocturnal reveries. But when the DC Mini is stolen by those who would abuse its power, dream worlds begin to impinge on reality, and only Paprika can bring an end to the chaos. In Japanese with English subtitles. TOKYO GODFATHERS, 2003, 93 min. Written and directed by the late Satoshi Kon, this award-winning anime follows three homeless people in Tokyo who find a newborn abandoned on Christmas Eve. As they care for the baby and try to find its parents, the outcasts (a transvestite, a teenage runaway and an alcoholic gambler) reveal insights into their own lives. Loosely based on John Ford's 1948 film 3 GODFATHERS. In Japanese with English subtitles.

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What is Paprika / Tokyo Godfathers about?: PAPRIKA (PAPURIKA), 2006, Sony Pictures Classics, 90 min. In the final film from animator Satoshi Kon, an experimental device called the DC Mini allows people to view others’ dreams. A promising tool for psychotherapy, Dr. Chiba uses it on her patients, adopting the alter-ego “Paprika” to enter their nocturnal reveries. But when the DC Mini is stolen by those who would abuse its power, dream worlds begin to impinge on reality, and only Paprika can bring an end to the chaos. In Japanese with English subtitles. TOKYO GODFATHERS, 2003, 93 min. Written and directed by the late Satoshi Kon, this award-winning anime follows three homeless people in Tokyo who find a newborn abandoned on Christmas Eve. As they care for the baby and try to find its parents, the outcasts (a transvestite, a teenage runaway and an alcoholic gambler) reveal insights into their own lives. Loosely based on John Ford's 1948 film 3 GODFATHERS. In Japanese with English subtitles.