The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Japanese animated film by Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai) about a teenage girl who accidentally discovers she has the gift of travelling back in time. She makes good use of her gift, until its downside becomes clear.
What if we could freely travel in time? How would we use that power: to solve world problems or for our own benefit? This early Mamoru Hosoda film asks these questions when seventeen-year-old Makoto discovers that she can jump through time. Combining adolescent love story and philosophical sci-fi, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time embodies Spiderman’s famous adage that with great power comes great responsibility. Satoko Okudera’s screenplay is loosely based on the popular 1967 novel with the same name, which was adapted for the screen several times but never as an anime before. A unique chance to see this early film by the director of Wolf Children, Mirai and Belle on the big screen.