The Secret World of Arrietty 15th Anniversary – St
In this whimsical adventure, tiny 14-year-old Arrietty lives under the floorboards of a sprawling mansion set in a magical, overgrown garden with her father and mother. Arrietty and her family live by borrowing. Everything they have, they borrow or make from the things they have borrowed from the old lady who lives in the mansion. Their peaceful life is dramatically changed when the ever-curious Arrietty accidentally allows herself to be seen by Sho, a lonely 12-year-old human boy. The two begin to confide in each other and, before long, a friendship begins to blossom... Based on the much-loved children’s book The Borrowers by Mary Norton, ARRIETTY is a twee fantasy adventure directed by new Studio Ghibli talent, Hiromasa Yonebayashi , who many felt brought a fresh voice to the studio’s catalogue in his directorial debut.