Question 1

What is Tekkonkinkreet about?

Accepted Answer

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on Treasure Town's mean streets and fight a megacorporation threatening to tear it down for an amusement park.

Question 2

Which major film festivals featured Tekkonkinkreet?

Accepted Answer

It was an official selection at the Golden Horse Film Festival (2007), Berlin International Film Festival (2007), and Locarno International Film Festival (2009).

Question 3

What connection did director Michael Arias and writer Anthony Weintraub have before making the film?

Accepted Answer

They met at Wesleyan University, where Arias dropped out after two years while Weintraub graduated in 1987.

Question 4

What metaphor does Tekkonkinkreet explore according to its trivia?

Accepted Answer

It's a metaphor for the darkness lurking in all of us and questions when it's socially acceptable to release that darkness onto society.

Question 5

Who plays the orphans Black and White in Tekkonkinkreet?

Accepted Answer

Kazunari Ninomiya voices Kuro (Black) and Yû Aoi voices Shiro (White).

Question 6

What is the central conflict in Tekkonkinkreet?

Accepted Answer

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, fight to save Treasure Town from a megacorporation that plans to tear it down and build an amusement park.

Question 7

Which major international film festivals featured Tekkonkinkreet?

Accepted Answer

It was featured at the Golden Horse Film Festival in 2007, Berlin International Film Festival in 2007, and Locarno International Film Festival in 2009.

Question 8

What metaphor does the film explore according to its trivia?

Accepted Answer

The film is a metaphor for the darkness lurking in all of us, questioning when it's socially acceptable to release that darkness onto society.

Question 9

How did director Michael Arias and writer Anthony Weintraub first connect?

Accepted Answer

They met at Wesleyan University, where Arias dropped out after two years while Weintraub graduated in 1987.

Question 10

Who voices the characters Kuro and Itachi in the film?

Accepted Answer

Kazunari Ninomiya voices both Kuro and Itachi.

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