Arrietty (Special Edition)
Arrietty, titled The Borrower Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) in Japan and
The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated
fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and
Keiko Niwa.
This is a story of a family of “little” people.
ARRIETTY is a visually stunning animated film created by world-renowned
Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli (SPIRITED AWAY, HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE,
PONYO) and based on the much-loved children’s book The Borrowers by Mary
Norton.
In this whimsical adventure, tiny 14-year-old Arrietty lives under the
floorboards of a sprawling mansion set in a magical, overgrown garden with her
father and mother. Arrietty and her family live by borrowing. Everything they
have, they borrow or make from the things they have borrowed from the old lady
who lives in the mansion.
Their peaceful life is dramatically changed when the ever-curious Arrietty
accidentally allows herself to be seen by Sho, a lonely 12-year-old human boy.
The two begin to confide in each other and, before long, a friendship begins to
blossom…
From the Studio Ghibli Collection
Special Features:
- Original Japanese storyboards
- Trailers and TV Spots
- Cécile Corbel “Arrietty's Song” music video
- Interview with Hayao Miyazaki
- Interview with Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Interview with Tom Holland
- Interview with Geraldine McEwan
- Interview with Saoirse Ronan
- Interview with Mark Strong
- Interview with Olivia Colman
- English language trailer
Awards:
- Won Japanese Academy Award for: Best Animation Film (2011)
- Won Tokyo Anime Awards for: Animation of the Year, Best
Director (2011)
- Won International Cinephile Society Award, Best Animated Film (2013)
- Nominated MovieGuide Award, Best Film for Families (2013)