MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
[TONARI NO TOTORO] [となりのトトロ]
Roger Ebert called this "one of the five best movies" ever made for children. Two sisters move with their father to a new house in the countryside to be closer to their hospitalized mother. They soon discover that the surrounding forest is home to a family of totoros — giant, magical bunny-like creatures who live in a camphor tree and can only be seen by children. Befriending the totoros, the girls embark on a series of adventures, exploring the forest high and low. Beneath the film's playfulness and narrative simplicity lie depths of wisdom — as with much of Hayao Miyazaki's work, at its core this film is about humankind's relationship to the earth. (Note courtesy of IFC Center.) The English-dubbed version features voices by Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly and Pat Carroll. DIR/SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD Toru Hara. Japan, 1988, color, 86 min. In Japanese with English subtitles*. RATED G
AFI Member passes accepted.
*English dubbed version May 14 & 15; subtitled Japanese version May 13, 16 & 19.
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, May 13, 2022
Genre: Animation, family
