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Laplace's Witch

Laplace's Witch

Mystery · Crime · Science Fiction · 2018

An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.

Movie details

Laplace's Witch

2018 Mystery · Crime · Science Fiction 1h 55m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Written by

Hiroyuki Yatsu

Sho Sakurai

Sho Sakurai

Shusuke Aoe

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Madoka Uhara

Sota Fukushi

Sota Fukushi

Kento Amakasu

Tao Okamoto

Tao Okamoto

Rei Kirimiya

Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Zentaro Uhara

Mirai Shida

Mirai Shida

Tetsu Okunishi

Hiroshi Tamaki

Hiroshi Tamaki

Yuji Nakaoka

Court is in session

Put Laplace's Witch on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.