Arriety (Kari-gurashi no Arietti)
Voice Cast: Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otake, Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Studio Ghibli’s reworking of an English classic.
All EIFF screenings of 'Arriety' will feature the original Japanese language dialogue, with English subtitles. The film is not dubbed into English.
The Borrowers are a tiny group of people, only 10cm tall, who live under the floorboards of typical human households. On a mission to get some sugar Borrowers Arriety and her father Pod are noticed by Sho, a boy just moved in with his great aunt Sadako. Keen to befriend, Sho tells them not to be afraid and a bond between Arriety and Sho is born but troubled by the threat of Borrower extinction by humans and Sho’s heart condition the two friends struggle to stay together.
2011 Archive
Tickets go on general release at 10am on Thursday 31 May. Filmhouse Members can buy tickets from noon on Wednesday 30 May (to become a Filmhouse Member click HERE)
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