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.
If Paprika hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is paranoia, feeling powerless, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions and old ways vs. new world. The feel is the same: tense, surreal, escalating, and dreamlike.
Like Paprika, this one is rooted in all-consuming love and paranoia. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and old ways vs. new world. The feel is the same: tense, surreal, relentless, and escalating.
What ties these together is paranoia, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, tense, surreal, and escalating.
