The sublime trailer for The Boy and the Heron, by Hayao Miyazaki
“Mahito, would you like to continue my work?”
Ten years after signing his most personal work with The wind picks up, Hayao Miyazaki created a surprise by finally releasing a new animated film. The latest in the exemplary career of the filmmaker behind Princess Mononoke Or Spirited away ?
In any case, the Japanese director signs a new story mixing heroism, natural elements and strange poetry with The Boy and the Heron. It is clearly a question of transmission with this story of a teenager who lost his mother, and who will discover life in the countryside, whereas until now he lived in the middle of Tokyo. By moving, he will also face a strange world. “Mahito, would you like to continue my work?”says one of the key characters of the film in this new montage in VOST: a gray heron who promises to help him unravel the mysteries of the world around him.
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This new full video the dark teaser unveiled in September, during the film’s screening at TIFF, the Toronto international film festival.
A few months after its great success in Japan – an achievement all the more remarkable since the film was released there without promotion– The Boy and the Heron will be visible in France from November 1st. Before that, it will be revealed to the public as part of the Light festival.
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