If you loved A Beautiful Star, try Phoenix 2772
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the surreal mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Beautiful Star, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
surreal
What Phoenix 2772 is
A gleaming lab. The hiss of sterile birth. Born in glass, raised by machines. The boy climbs through perfect skies, guided by Olga’s cold hands, until the horizon cracks. He traces the seams of a world that shouldn’t fit. A mid-period Tezuka meditation, pushing animation toward existential limits.

