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Arrietty (re-release)
- Directed by
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Duration
- 95 min.
- Year
- 2010
- Language
- Japanese
Arrietty tells the story of a 14-year-old girl the size of a human thumb, who secretly lives in the house of two elderly women alongside her equally tiny parents. The animated film comes from Studio Ghibli, known for films like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Ponyo.
Based on Mary Norton's award-winning children's novel of the same name, Arrietty centres on a tiny people who live under the floorboards of a country house near Tokyo. 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of her little family live in quiet anonymity, furnishing their home with items borrowed from the house's human residents. However, their peaceful life faces a major upheaval when a young boy discovers Arrietty.
