Members Exclusive: The Boy and the Heron

This special event is exclusive to Miami Jewish Film Society Members. To learn more about all the benefits of Membership, visit: https://miamijewishfilmfestival.org/membership

The first film in a decade from master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is a ravishing, endlessly inventive fantasy that is destined to be ranked with the legendary animator’s finest, boldest works. While the Second World War rages, a teenager, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils him. An extraordinary and grand fate is in store for our young hero, who must journey to a subterranean alternate reality in the hopes of saving his stepmother — and perhaps himself. Moving from earthbound serenity to a universe of boundless imagination, Hayao Miyazaki’s long-anticipated film seeks, once and for all, a world without malice.