PicNic

Coco Tsumuji and Satoru, three escapees from a mental ward, race to find one perfect skyline before the sky supposedly tears open. They vault along crumbling city walls like circus performers with a ticking clock. By the last reel they learn the forecast was wrong and now picnic on doubt instead.

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Shunji Iwai directed PicNic in 1996. See Shunji Iwai's full filmography, where to start with Shunji Iwai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shunji Iwai.

PicNic was released in 1996 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 72 minutes.