A few months away Barely after the French release of the magnificentThe Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are preparing to launch a new release. make this gigantic gift to France, on the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival.
Studio Ghibli to honor to Cannes
The public sometimes ignores it, butHayao Miyazaki maintains a special relationship with Europe in general, and France in particular. In addition to being one of the three countries – with Japan, of course, and Korea – which welcome the filmmaker's films with the most enthusiasm, Miyazaki-father often draws his inspiration from our beautiful country.
Thus, the architecture of the houses of theWalking Castle are greatly inspired by the city of Strasbourg, it also ;beeninfluenced by the literary work of the writer-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (The Little Prince), but also, and above all, by the th animated filmThe Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweepby Paul Grimault and Jacques Prévert, the prototype of King and the Bird. Finally, let us note that his masterpieceThe Wind Risesquotes – in French – a verse from theCimetière Marinby Paul Valé ;ry: “The wind is rising!… We must try to live!“
< p>Also, we imagine thatHayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki must have Be moved when the management of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, which is currently being held, decided to do so. to reward Studio Ghiblithat they founded with the much regretted Isao Takahata with an honorary Palme d’Or. To celebrate this great award, the founders of Studio Ghibli decided to celebrate this great award. to reward the Cannes public with a major gift:the broadcast this Monday, May 20, 2024 at; 3:30 p.m. of four animated short films directed by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli, three of which were never released. broadcast outside Japan.
The four short films that Toro Miyazaki – sent to Japan. to seek the reward – brought into his affairs are: Mei and the Kittenbus (2002), which is a mini-sequel to; the iconic My Neighbor Totoro, À the search for a house (2006), Monsieur Pâte et la princesse Œuf (2010), andBoro the Little Caterpillar (2018), Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut. in 3D.
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An event at your fingertips don't miss it, obviously. We also hope that Goro Miyazaki will make an announcement concerning the future of the studio and his father's next work, which afterThe Boy and the Heronplans to get back behind his skateboard. drawings.