The Godfather Of Animation - A Retrospective

Spirited Away (2001)

Dir: Hayao Miyazaki

“The result is nothing less than magical, a throwback to the very best of early Disney. If I can't remember the last time I was this enchanted by an animated film, it's because I was too young.."
- Jack Matthews, New York Daily News

“Spirited Away is the great treasure of 21st-century animation, and we may still be saying that when the 21st century ends.."
- Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

SYNOPSIS: 10-year-old Chihiro (Daveigh Chase) moves with her parents to a new home in the Japanese countryside. After taking a wrong turn down a wooded path, Chihiro and her parents discover an amusement park with a stall containing an assortment of food. To her surprise, Chihiro's parents begin eating and then transform into pigs. In this supernatural realm, Chihiro encounters a host of characters and endures labor in a bathhouse for spirits, awaiting a reunion with her parents.