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Mamoru Hosoda to Attend Wolf Children Screening at MIT
posted on by Karen Ressler
Director Wolf Children, which will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge on Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. Hosoda will be available for questions after the screening.
Wolf Children's story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children — an older sister named Yuki ("snow") who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame ("rain") who was born on a rainy day. When the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.
opened in Japan last July.
The screening event, which is free and open to the public, is part of MIT's book The Soul of Anime.
Hosoda is also appearing at the New York International Children's Film Festival on March 9 for the film's United States continental premiere.
Update: Condry's talk will begin at 4:00 p.m., not 4:30 p.m. Thanks, minakichan.
[Via Mike Toole]
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