Watch the trailer of My Neighbour Totoro: here.
Lately, I've been watching many of Hayao Miyazaki's films.
He is for sure one of the most talented contemporary directors. He's received a large quantity of awards so long and many more are on the way.
The film people has liked the most ever is Spirited Away (2001), winner of the 93% of the categories it was nominated for.
What I'd like to concentrate on, anyway, is the 1988 film My Neighbour Totoro.
The story is rather simple: a father and his two daughters move to a new house so that they can be closer to the mother who is hospital for a long term illness. The sisters enjoy wandering into nature and exploring the area, discovering its naturalness and plainness. One day Mei, the younger sister, finds a path among the bushes that leads to a clearing. There she finds Totoro, a huge undefinable marsupial and they play together. Her older sister sees him a few days later. By the way, Mei is quite preoccupied for her mother's health and this is the topic of many arguments. One day, she decides to go and visit her mother but she gets lost. Satsuki, the older sister, asks Totoro for help and they find her together using the Kittenbus. The mother then recovers and they live happily ever after.
The plot is quite simple, as just said, though the film lasts 90 min.
This is achieved by the contemplation of natural phenomena and the relation between these and the modern technological world.
The girls are immersed into a romantic landscape where trees and other non-human elements are the dominant ones. They are in spiritual and personal contact with nature and in strong though inexplicit opposition to a corrupted society which keeps their mother away. It's a contemplative worship of the nothingness of nature.
In conclusion, I much suggest this film to anyone, as well as any Miyazaki's.
It's for a relaxing evening with your family, partner or even your Romantic Contemplative self.
Francesco Mari
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