Prepare to lose your grip on reality with Satoshi Kon’s mind-bending anime masterpiece, returning to the big screen to completely hijack your senses.
Set in a near-future society, the story revolves around the DC Mini, a revolutionary tech prototype that allows therapists to enter and record the dreams of their patients. When the unencrypted devices are stolen, a wave of psychological chaos is unleashed, causing the waking world and the subconscious realm to violently collapse into one another.
To stop the growing insanity, a brilliant research psychologist operates under a secret, vibrant alter-ego: a fearless dream detective named Paprika. As she dives headfirst into a surreal landscape of marching household appliances, melting physics, and fractured memories, she must track down the thief before the collective conscious shatters completely.
Fusing an unforgettable electronic score by Susumu Hirasawa with dizzying, kaleidoscopic animation that famously inspired Christopher Nolan’s Inception, this thrilling cyberpunk ride remains one of the most visionary and influential animated feature films ever made.