An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a succession of bizarre, obscure clues, until they track down the location of the kidnappers and the daughter.
With one of the most interesting and imaginative plots I've ever seen, To Sleep So As To Dream feels like a hidden avant-garde classic that's been unearthed from the old days of Japanese cinema. It's a surreal watch and unfolds like a mysterious, grainy silent movie-era fantasy adventure, inviting you into its dreamlike narrative.
Both an homage to early cinema and a kidnapping drama with a modern twist, director Kaizo Hayashi shows his skills in looking back at film history but doing so through a then present perspective. Movie magic for cineasts.
Genre: Fantasy. 1h 21min.
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