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2009 Festival programme.
Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Saturday 14th February 3:00 PM - Alhambra
Director:Mamoru Hosoda
Cert:12A Year: 2006 Length:98mins
Country:Japan
This story is a national treasure in Japan, adapted here as a crisp clean animation. Makoko, a high-school student, discovers through a near-death experience that she can travel back through time. So she passes the quiz she once failed, guzzles the food she once missed. But soon her adventures become more serious as she sees tragedy coming that she might prevent.
Critics
“Lightly bittersweet story...Time-travel has rarely seemed so joyous.”
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