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Porco Rosso


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Porco Rosso (1992)

It's my fourth Miyazaki movie and I was once again pleased very much!
The main characters, Porco, is one of the most interesting I've ever seen in an animated picture and the young female character, Fio, is certainly one of the most likable!

It's an original story that takes place in the 20s/30s about an extremely cool, chain smoking, (literally) pig-headed fighter pilot, who lives on a deserted island and earns his money as a bounty hunter by hunting air pirats. He seems to be a former human pilot in the Italian army, but he became a pig when he left his army friends alone in a deadly air battle, with Porco as the only survivor. His traumatizing past and his feelings of guilt made him a pure cynic (his style makes me think of Rick Blain in Casablanca). His piggish appearance is in my opinion a metaphor for his self image.
Despite the fact that the Italian army wants to arrest him for desertion, he goes to Milan when his plane seems broken and when it's shot to pieces by an American rival pilot during the trip.
There he meets a young girl, named Fio, who is a plane engineer. At first he doesn't want her to repair his plane because she's just a girl, but later he starts to acknowledge her qualities.
When he returns from Italy with Fio, he gets into trouble when the air pirats decide to take revenge for every time he defeated them...

Besides the characters, I was also a big fan of the visuals and the imaginative locations. For example the Hotel Adriano in the middle of the sea and the deserted home island from Porco were truly fantastic.
The film was great and I enjoyed it a lot. The only remark I have, is that it's a little too short. The characters and the story have so much potential that the film could go on for another half hour without getting boring.
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