From the celebrated Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, creators of Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and more, comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.
Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious “beast” and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone. With the voices of Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani.
“A remarkable story brought to life with dazzling animation, Belle finds writer-director Mamoru Hosoda setting a brilliant new benchmark.” (Rotten Tomatoes)
“The film’s message is a beautiful one: to integrate our real-life vulnerabilities with the persona we project is to become all the more powerful.” (Observer UK)
“‘Belle’ is Mamoru Hosoda’s eighth feature and the one that feels like the most coherent blend of the various universes he’s straddled as an animator.” (Vulture)
#AnimeMonday, March 21
Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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This screening is in Japanese with English subtitles.
Sunday, March 27
Doors 12:20 pm | Movie 12:50 pm *SHARP. Please arrive on time.
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This screening is the English dub.
Wednesday, March 28 Final Screening
Doors 9:00 pm | Movie 9:20 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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This screening is in Japanese with English subtitles.
*Minors permitted. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service. Rio Theatre Groupons and passes OK for any single film screening only. Please redeem at the box office.
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BELLE “Ryû to sobakasu no hime” (Mamoru Hosado, 2021 / 121 mins / PG / Japanese with English subtitles) Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.