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Japanese Film Festival Streams Time of Eve Anime Film in India
posted on by Adriana Hazra
JFF describes Time of Eve:
Do androids have souls? A moving animation that considers the nature of emotions through the interactions between humans and androids.Set in a time where humanoids have practical applications, many households are using androids/robots to do the housework. Most of the androids are treated poorly. High-schooler Rikuo also treats his female android at home very coldly. One day, while he surveills her actions, he ends up at a cafe. The rule at this cafe was that no distinctions are made between humans and androids. Rikuo cannot help but wonder what the customers hope to get out of being there. Eventually, through the people and robots he meets in the cafe, he begins to understand what having a real soul might look like.
A moving animation consisting of a string of episodes told by the customers about their sorrows of being discriminated against. The social settings of the film, such as the existence of an ethics committee that calls for caution against dependence on androids and issues surrounding old robots getting dumped as garbage provide realistic details to the world depicted.
The film launched in March 2010.
Yasuhiro Yoshiura directed the film and wrote the script. The film stars Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, and Rie Tanaka.
Source: Email correspondence, JFF Theater website
