Dir: Makoto Shinkai, Japan, 2016, 107min, Japanese with English subs, Cert: 12A
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Sun 4 December 2016 // 20:00
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Sun 11 December 2016 // 17:30
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Mon 2 January 2017 // 20:00
Tue 3 January 2017 // 20:00
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Tickets: £5 (Full) / £4 (Concession/Cheap Night)
Your Name is the story of a teenage boy and girl who have never met, but who start to magically swap minds and live each other’s lives.
Mitsuha, a teenage girl student, lives in a small mountain town, but longs for the bright lights of Tokyo far away. One morning she is astonished to wake in the body of Taki, a teenage Tokyo schoolboy – who in turn wakes up in Mitsuha’s body. Switching back and forth between two lives, locations and genders, Mitsuha and Taki must cope with their fantastic shared situation. At first they are outraged and mortified by what’s happening, but soon they start enjoying their double lives, though they never meet directly. Eventually, though, one of the youngsters will learn the devastating truth behind what’s happening...
Blending comedy, drama, heartbreak and wonder, Your Name is directed by Makoto Shinkai, who is often hailed as Japan’s successor to Hayao Miyazaki. In Your Name, Shinkai creates a film which leaps between the urban bustle of central Tokyo and the rural beauty of a country backwater, presented in the radiant detail that has made Shinkai’s films beloved by animation fans.
***** Robbie Collin, Telegraph
**** Den of Geek
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