Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)

	Also Known As: Le voyage de Chihiro, Spirited away
	Year of first release: 2001
	Director: Hayao Miyazaki
	Actors: -
	Country: J
	Genre: Animation, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 06.01.2016, DVD, Japanese version with French subtitles
Synopsis: The 10-years-old Chiriho is on the way to her new home with her parents. By looking for the new house, the parents enter into a park. When they see a well smelling restaurant and start eating all they can to pay later, Chihiro leaves for a walk and meets the boy Haku. When she comes back almost at night, her parents are pigs and the whole park becomes a village with a huge bathhouse in a magical world full of demons and gods.
Review: The story is wonderful. Not only for the many different fantastic characters but also for the spirit behind it. Here Chihiro gets a lot because she does not want to get much. This humility is a beautiful virtue. The creativity behind each characters is great. In each scene all the characters are showing something special, either something on the topic of humility, or identity, or something funny. Then the recurring characters are surprising as they interact with the only human in town, Chihiro. And all this without the rythm of a Tex Avery, but with the poetry of Miyazaki.  This movie is one of the best anime I have ever seen and also one of the best movies. Big thanks to the Studio Ghibli.
Rating: 8 /10