SG Film: Your Name
Every first Tuesday of the month, you can enjoy a movie on the big screen of the auditorium. This month’s pick is the Japanese animated film Your Name. A boy from Tokyo, and a girl from the rural part of Japan, suddenly realize they begin to swap bodies.
Film
Film Director: Makoto Shinkai
Voiced by: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi
Language: Japanese – Subtitles: English
Time: 19:30-21:15 hrs. Free entrance (no registration required). Entrance Cobbenhagen building: see below!
Breathtaking animation work in this film by Makoto Shinkai. From hyper-realistic cityscapes to a hallucinatory meteor shower. Even non-fans of anime will have to give in to this wondrous level of filmmaking.
" No matter what happens, even if the stars fall, I will live.’’
Your Name tells the story of two teenagers with vastly different backgrounds. One is a boy who lives in Tokyo and has the word "city" described all around him. One is a girl who lives in a rural town far from technology and anything interesting. One morning, somehow, they found out that they have swapped bodies. Together, they must help each other find solutions to daily life problems and solve the mystery of the reason why this whole conundrum started.
Although the concept may seem silly, this movie takes you on an incredible journey. With storytelling so divine, complex, yet understandable, this movie captures the essence of what romantic comedy movies have lost nowadays, a heart and a charm to lure you in.
Reception
Your Name premiered at the 2016 Anime Expo and was released theatrically the month after. The film has received critical acclaim, being praised for its animation and emotional impact, and was also a commercial success, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan and the highest-grossing anime film worldwide.
‘’ (…) blend of gorgeous, realistic detail and emotionally grounded fantasy’’
–The Japan Times
‘’ [It is] a wistfully lovely Japanese tale.’’
–The New York Times
Movies on the big screen on campus
Every first Tuesday of the month, you can enjoy the best movies on the big screen on campus:
Tuesday, February 7 - Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski)
Tuesday, March 7 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson)
Tuesday, April 4 - Your Name (Makoto Shinkai)
Tuesday, May 2 - Elvis (Baz Luhrmann)
Entrance Cobbenhagen building
After 19:00 hrs. the Cobbenhagen building can only be entered via the main entrance at the side of the Hogeschoollaan (near the pond).
For disabled and wheelchair users there is an alternative entrance via the parking lot and a side entrance from the glass corridor.
The entrance via the Koopmans building is closed after 19:00 hrs.
More information
SG Film Nights are organized by Studium Generale.
Contact: Annelieke Koster (Studium Generale).
