From the UCLA Archives “Family Flicks” Series, a Free Screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY
From Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki’s whimsical tale of Chihiro, a courageous girl who uses her wits to escape a strange world of spirits.
Sunday, April 23rd at 11:00 a.m.
The Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Spirited Away is a 2001 anime fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino (Hiiragi), a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the spirit world. After her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba (Natsuki), Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba’s bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.