JAPAN / FRANCE · 2024 · PG
Karin, 11, finds herself abandoned at the steps of her grandfather’s house. Her down-on-his-luck father introduces the two of them and then flees to settle some imposing debts. Karin’s grandfather, a small-town monk, tasks Anzu, his capricious ghost-cat, to look after her. While their own spirited personalities often clash, Anzu agrees to accompany Karin into the city to get answers on her missing father and to pay respects at her mother’s grave. The trip quickly takes unexpected turns that leads them to alternative worlds and imposing characters but ultimately to answers they never anticipated finding.
Ghost Cat Anzu is the unique blend of two visionary filmmakers, each with their own cinematic methods. The unusual production process behind Ghost Cat Anzu results in a film that combines emotionally-affecting, humanistic performances with charming and inventive visual storytelling. Like Karin, the audience is dropped into a strange and new world, one in which you’ll wish you could stay for far longer than the runtime.
