Film - Mirai (Subtitled)

When
02 Feb 2019
3:00 PM
Location
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Film - Mirai (Subtitled)

Saturday, February 2, 2019 from 3:00 PM

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138

Hosoda returns to the theme of time travel, this time as a way to teach his young protagonist valuable lessons from his family tree. As four-year-old Kun grows tired of the attention his parents lavish on his newborn sister, Mirai, he encounters her future self in a mystical garden outside the family’s gorgeous modernist home. Herself annoyed at her older brother’s cruelty towards her infant self, she takes him on a Capra-esque adventure through their family’s history, showing him the little moments that led to his own existence in hopes it will teach him to cope with living with a baby sister. A touching meditation on the passage of time and the foundations of family, Mirai debuted at the Cannes-adjacent Directors’ Fortnight to great acclaim for its stunning visuals and nuanced depiction of the complexities of living within a shared household and history. For more information and tickets, please visit the event webpage.

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