Nov. 09, 2013|Japan | United States|98 Min.|n/A
Genre: Adventure;Animation;Drama;Fantasy;Science;Fiction
Description: In 2067, scientists conducted an experiment to harness energy from Earth’s gravity, but it failed, causing gravity to reverse and sending most things flying away from Earth. Years later, Patema, a respected teenager, lives in an underground society with strict rules to avoid “danger zones.” Inspired by her missing friend Lagos, she explores the tunnels and encounters a figure walking on the ceiling, leading her to fall into a shaft.
Patema ends up outside the fence of Aiga, where she meets Eiji, a teenage boy. They discover their gravities are inverted. Eiji takes her to a shed where they learn about each other’s worlds. Eiji shares that his father died in a flying craft accident, a story linked to the “Inverts.”
When Aiga’s leader, Izamura, discovers Patema, he orders her capture. Eiji realizes that holding Patema reduces his falling speed. They evade capture briefly but are eventually caught. Eiji is punished, and Izamura imprisons Patema in the Control Tower, revealing he had captured and killed Lagos. Patema is locked in a top-floor room with a glass ceiling, facing the sky.
Eiji returns to the fence and meets Porta, Patema’s friend, who takes him to the underground society. With the Elder’s help, they plan Patema’s rescue. Eiji and Porta use their opposite gravities to infiltrate the tower through its basement. Eiji frees Patema, but Izamura and his forces confront them on the roof. As Izamura orders Eiji’s execution, Patema grabs Eiji, and they float into the sky. Izamura fabricates Eiji’s death as an accident.
Cast director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Cast actor: Yukiyo Fujii, Masayuki Katou, Takaya Hashi, Hiroki Yasumoto, Maaya Uchida, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarou Oohata, Shinya Fukumatsu, Genki Muro, Go Shinomiya
Original name: サカサマのパテマ