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Plot summary
Michael Stone is a middle-aged motivational speaker and customer service expert who arrives in Cincinnati for a convention at the Fregoli Hotel. Everyone around him, his wife and son included, looks and sounds the same to him. He also remembers an angry letter from Bella, a former lover he left abruptly years ago. From his room he hears a female voice unlike all the rest and goes to find who it belongs to: Lisa, a guest at the hotel with her friend Emily.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Anomalisa (2015)
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- The first version of Anomalisa was written and performed in 2005 for the Los Angeles run of Theater of the New Ear, and was credited to the pen name Francis Fregoli, a reference to the Fregoli delusion, a disorder centered around the belief that different people are in fact a single person in disguise.
- It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the first R-rated animated film to be nominated in this category, and was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
- The production company Starburns Industries sought funding on Kickstarter for what was initially pitched as a short film approximately 40 minutes in length, with a goal of $200,000; 5,770 backers pledged $406,237 and the film was expanded to feature length.
- It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, the first animated film to do so.
- The puppets were created with 3D printers, with multiple copies of each character: eighteen Michaels and six Lisas were created for the stop-motion production.
