Porco Rosso, aka The Crimson Pig

Kurenal no Buta

Sat 12 1.30 Rio

Wed 16 4.00 Genesis

A beautifully animated story set in the skies over the Adriatic in the 1920s, where the greatest fighter ace is... a pig? Porco Rosso gives Japan’s legendary animator Miyazaki the opportunity to indulge his love for vintage aircraft, with some ravishing flight scenes, and a stunning fantasy interlude is drawn from Roald Dahl's aviation stories. While much of Porco Rosso is played as comedy, it makes an argument for the place of storybook heroes in the modern world, reminding us that both children and grown-ups need their dreams.

Japan 1992, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 102 min. Optimum Releasing