{"id":10446,"date":"2015-11-26T21:10:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etiudaandanima.com\/?p=10446"},"modified":"2015-11-26T21:10:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T20:10:02","slug":"anime-about-exile-giovannis-island-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacja.etiudaandanima.pl\/en\/news\/anime-about-exile-giovannis-island-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime about exile: Giovanni\u2019s Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Animation can be used not only to create a fairytale, a beautiful world that enchants children's audience. It is also a language that can express the inexpressible trauma. Japanese creators use animated films to talk about painful events from their country\u00b4s past.<!--more-->Polish viewers are familiar with Studio Ghibli productions that in a very moving way present the experience of Japanese people, among others: Isao Takahata\u00b4s <em>Grave of the Fireflies <\/em>(1988), the works of Hayao Miyazaki - <em>Howl's Moving Castle <\/em>(2004) or <em>Ponyo<\/em> (2008). At this year's Etiuda &amp; Anima Festival we will present <em>Giovanni<\/em><em>\u00b4<\/em><em>s Island <\/em>by Mizuho Nishikubo from 2014, which forms part of the mainstream animation for adults and refers to the history of Japan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9394 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/etiudaandanima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Giovannis_Island_2.jpg\" alt=\"Giovanni's_Island_2\" width=\"260\" height=\"150\" \/><em>Giovanni<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>s Island<\/em> is a story inspired by true events. Nishikubo\u00b4s film is set just after the World War II and concerns a dispute between Japan and Russia on the Kuril Archipelago to which belongs the Shikotan island.<\/p>\n<p>Japan has lost the war to Russia. Two brothers, Junpei and Kanta, live on Shikotan. Their peaceful life is disrupted by the arrival of Russian troops on August 15th, 1945. Junpei and Kanta, who live with their grandfather, a fisherman, and their father, the head of the firefighting force of the village, are forced to move out to the stables while the Russian commander's family, among them the commander's daughter Tanya, move into the main house. In the ethnically divided school, the daughter of the commander and other Russian children begin to mingle with Japanese students. While playing in the yard Tanya and Junpei bump into each other and become friends. From that moment on, the two brothers become frequent guests at the commandant's house.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of September 1947, the population of Japan is forced to leave the island. Junpei and Kanta decide to leave, but their grandfather decides to stay on Shikotan and spend there the last moments of his life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9815 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/etiudaandanima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Wyspa_12.11-e1447315437558.jpg\" alt=\"Giovanni Island, anime\" width=\"266\" height=\"170\" \/>Only after 56 years Junpei returns to Shikotan to visit the graves and pay his respects. At his old school a ceremony is being held to commemorate the fate of the inhabitants of the island. Tanya\u00b4s granddaughter invites Junpei to dinner and hands him a notebook with his drawings of Tanya. In return, Junpei offers her his old copy of the Kenji Miyazawa\u00b4s book - <em>Night on the Galactic Railroad<\/em>. The story of <em>Giovanni<\/em><em>\u00b4<\/em><em>s Island<\/em> frequently refers to Miyazawa\u00b4s novel. The film's title comes from the <em>Night on the Galactic Railroad<\/em> main character\u00b4s name - Giovanni.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Giovanni<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2019<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>s Island\u00a0(dir. Mizuho Nishikubo, Japan 2014, 102\u2019)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Malopolska Garden of Arts (large screenig room)<br \/>\n27th November (Friday), 9 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animation can be used not only to create a fairytale, a beautiful world that enchants children's audience. It is also a language that can express the inexpressible trauma. 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