Paprika

(2006)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 2,977 votes

Genres: Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Year: 2006

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Сатоши Кон

Cast: Мэгуми Хаясибара, 江守徹, Кацуноске Хори, 古谷徹, Акио Оцука, Коити Ямадэра, Хидэюки Танака, Сатоши Кон, Ясутака Цуцуй, Сатоми Короги

Plot

Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.

Three scientists at the Foundation for Psychiatric Research fail to secure a device they've invented, the D.C. Mini, which allows people to record and watch their dreams. A thief uses the device to enter people's minds, when awake, and distract them with their own dreams and those of others. Chaos ensues. The trio - Chiba, Tokita, and Shima - assisted by a police inspector and by a sprite named Paprika must try to identify the thief as they ward off the thief's attacks on their own psyches. Dreams, reality, and the movies merge, while characters question the limits of science and the wisdom of Big Brother.