Princess Mononoke

Selected by Martine Gutierrez

Clashing with an archdemon boar, warrior Ashitaka is stricken with an empowering yet ultimately fatal curse and, journeying into the unknown of the Great Forest in search of a cure, meets the fierce titular warrior woman, raised by wolf-gods. Miyazaki’s gorgeously animated, mythic tale about a battle between humans and ancient forest spirits is an epic with an environmental message, justly a phenomenon in Japan upon its initial release, and since beloved around the world.

Part of the Fraenkel Film Festival