MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER (MEARI TO MAJO NO HANA)

MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER (MEARI TO MAJO NO HANA), 2017, GKIDS, 102 min. Based on Mary Stewart’s 1971 children’s classic The Little Broomstick, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE is an action-packed animated adventure full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find her place in the world. While living in the country with her great-aunt, Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the exotic Fly-by-Night flower. Together the flower and broomstick whisk Mary far away to Endor College – a school of magic where some terrible things are happening. In Japanese with English subtitles.