Anomalisa

2015 Comedy/Drama

2015 Comedy/Drama

Academy Award-winning writer Charlie Kaufman presents this dark dramedy, created entirely with stop-motion animation, and based on his play of the same name. Michael Stone (Thewlis) is an author and devoted husband and father stuck in a crippling cycle of mundanity. He takes off on a business trip to Cincinnati, where he's expected to talk about his book, "How May I Help You Help Them," in front of an audience of customer service professionals. Upon arriving, he goes to the Fregoli Hotel to check in, and finds himself face to face with a woman named Lisa (Leigh), an unassuming baked goods sales rep who is, quite possibly, the catalyst for Michael's escape from the blandness of his life. What follows is the funny, tender, real journey of a man and a woman who are looking for more from life than their current existence provides.

• Directed by:
• Charlie Kaufman
• Duke Johnson

• Written by:
• Charlie Kaufman