With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

ACF 1443: Final screenings of CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW at IFC Center this weekend

CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW
Directed by Makoto Shinkai
Japan, 2011, 116 minutes
When: Sat & Sun, April 28 & 29 at 11:00am
Final Weekend!
Where: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third), NYC
Map here

Makoto Shinkai is perhaps the world's finest animator and his brilliant new feature delivers frame after frame of jaw-dropping photorealistic splendor: skyscapes of unspeakable majesty, a butterfly on a twig, a blade of grass - all are rendered with such astounding delicacy and precision that you mourn their passing once the image has left the screen. The story is a modern-day Orpheus tale with a sci-fi twist that pays tribute to the great works of Hayao Miyazaki - especially Princess Mononoke - with its demonic spirit-gods and magnificent forest creatures.

Synopsis: Asuna spends her afternoons alone in the mountains, using her crystal radio to listen to haunting songs from somewhere far away. One afternoon, a wild bear-like creature attacks and Asuna is saved by Shun, a boy with strange powers who comes from a mythical underworld beneath the Earth that is a gateway to the afterlife. When Asuna returns the next day to find him gone, she decides to leave the world of the living behind and follow him.

To order tickets, click here.

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