Film Screening: The Boy and The Heron
Friday, Mar 28 2025,
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM,
Commons 319
Contact:
Cultural Studies and Language Series - Spring 2025
Contact:
Cultural Studies and Language Series - Spring 2025
Friday, Mar 28 2025 7:00 PM
Friday, Mar 28 2025 9:00 PM
America/New_York
Film Screening: The Boy and The Heron
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning.
A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation,
in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
Image: The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki, 2023
Commons 319
Bennington College
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film in a decade is a hand-drawn, original story he wrote and directed that won him another Oscar for Best Animated Feature. After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family's estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito's new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world, and the truth about himself.
Image: The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki, 2023