$5 Weekend Matinee: 'Mirai'

Hosoda returns to the theme of time travel, this time as a way to teach his young protagonist valuable lessons from his family tree. As four-year-old Kun grows tired of the attention his parents lavish on his newborn sister, Mirai, he encounters her future self in a mystical garden outside the family’s gorgeous modernist home. Annoyed at her older brother’s cruelty towards her infant self, she takes him on a Capra-esque adventure through their family’s history, showing him the little moments that led to his own existence in the hope of teaching him to cope with living with a baby sister. A touching meditation on the passage of time and the foundations of family, Mirai debuted at the Cannes-adjacent Directors’ Fortnight to great acclaim for its stunning visuals and nuanced depiction of the complexities of living within a shared household and history.

Age recommendation: 8+

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. With Moka Kamishiraishi, Haru Kuroki, Gen Hoshino
Japan 2018, DCP, color, 98 min. Japanese with English subtitles

https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2018decfeb/weekend.html#mirai

$5 Special Admission - Free with Cambridge Public Library card.
Free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Discounts may apply for Harvard Film Archive Members.

Tickets are available 45 minutes before show time at the cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center. Cash or check only. No late seating.

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