Picnic (1996)
- Original title
- PiCNiC
- Directed by
- Shunji Iwai
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 77 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three patients escape from a mental asylum because they believe the world is ending soon. They wander together to find a place for a picnic where they can watch the end of the world.
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What happens
Picnic (Hepburn: Pikunikku), also stylized as PiCNiC, is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai. It was released in 1996, with shooting taking place in 1994. The film follows three patients of a mental asylum who misinterpret a passage from the Bible as a sign that the end of the world is imminent, and escape from the walls of the facility to find a place to picnic and watch the event. The film stars Chara in the first of her two roles in Shunji Iwai's filmography, alongside Tadanobu Asano and Koichi Hashizume. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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