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2011 Festival programme.
Summer Wars
Saturday 12th February 6:15 PM - Studio (TBTL)
Director:Mamoru Hosoda
Cert:PG Year: 2009 Length:114mins
Country:Japan
This animation comes from the director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The film's world is simultaneously a 'real' world where gifted student Kenji is persuaded to visit Natsuki's family for the summer – only to find he has to pretend to be her boyfriend when that's what he really wants to be anyway – and the virtual world of Oz, a cross between Facebook and the wider reaches of the Net, where anything might happen. The stories interweave brilliantly; in Japan it has already spawned novels and other spin-offs.
Critics
“Every shot is a marvel to behold...Hosoda's direction is impeccable.”
Trailer
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