<i>Paprika</i> (2006) and the purpose of dreaming - Psychiatry in movies

Paprika is a 2006 Japanese animated film directed and co-written by Satoshi Kon, based on the novel by Yasutaka Tsutsi.The story follows a group of psychiatric researchers who have created a device, known as the DC Mini, which allows them to enter the dreams of their patients.Designed with the purpose of facilitating novel psychotherapies, the film explores the device's unintended consequences when it is stolen by a mysterious party who use it to manipulate dream content and control others.