If you loved University of Laughs, try Achilles and the Tortoise

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.

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University of Laughs

2004 · dir. Mamoru Hoshi

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Achilles and the Tortoise

2008 · dir. Takeshi Kitano

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to University of Laughs, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Achilles and the Tortoise is

A failed painter insists he’s on the brink of renaissance. His long-suffering wife funds his delusion and dead-end studios. Two decades evaporate like cheap turpentine.

If you loved University of Laughs, try Achilles and the Tortoise

University of Laughs

Achilles and the Tortoise

What they share

What Achilles and the Tortoise is

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