87 mins - Japan 1988 - Animation Director: Hayao Miyazaki Voices: Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning and Tim Daley (English version) Voices: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto and Shigesato Itoi (Japanese version) Satsuki and Mei's mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the two sisters from their home in a city to the countryside. The house they move into is a ramshackle old place in the shadow of an ancient camphor tree, and Satsuki and Mei embark on adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO will be screened in two versions: the dubbed English language edition and its original Japanese edition with English subtitles. “This inspirationally lovely and gentle film has a real claim to be Miyazaki’s masterpiece.” The Guardian
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