Pale Cocoon

Pale Cocoon

Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura

Produced by STUDIO RIKKA, Directions

200523 min6.5 / 10

A contemplative sci-fi meditation on lost history and the burden of knowledge, set in a decaying artificial world where curiosity about the past threatens comfortable ignorance.

In the far future when the continuity of the history has been lost, humans live in an ever more deteriorating completely artificial and enclosed world. The sea and the sky have disappeared, and the only window to "living" scenery exists in the records from the past, excavated in the relic.The Bureau of Record Excavation is an organization responsible for this task. Ura works for the 92nd office of the bureau. He is absorbed by the restoration of various records and fascinated by world of the past. Riko keeps a little distance to watch him, but averts her eyes from the records, believing that sometimes people just want things to stay the same.Everyone in this world knows that to know the past means to know the misery of this world, the present reality. But one day, Ura restores a strange video...

Questions people ask

  • Is Pale Cocoon sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Pale Cocoon violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Pale Cocoon end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Pale Cocoon scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Pale Cocoon easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity94

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise30

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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