ARRIETTY
aka THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

Year: 2010
USA: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Tom Holland, Geraldine Mcewan, Phyllida Law, Olivia Coleman
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Country: Japan
Language: English dubbed version
USA & UK: 94 mins
USA Rated: G
UK Certificate: U contains no material likely to offend or harm
USA Release Date: 17 February 2012
UK Release Date: 29 July 2011 (Limited Release)

Synopsis

ARRIETTY is adapted from Mary Norton's much loved classic ‘The Borrowers’. The latest film from world-renowned Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli the animated children’s movie is a delight.

It is the story of a miniature family who co-exist in a house with their full-grown counterparts and of the adventures experienced by young Arrietty as she wanders around the gargantuan world, striking up a friendship with the ailing Sho.

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the film was scripted by the Oscar-winning director of SPIRITED AWAY, Hayao Miyazaki.