The 1984 movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) will play in Pittsburgh on July 9 and 11, part of this year's Studio Ghibli Fest.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.It plays locally at the AMC LOews Waterfront, the Waterworks Cinema, the Phoneix Luxury Theaters + 14, and the Cinemark theatres in Monroeville, North Hills, Robinson. Tickets are available online; please note, the July 9 screenings are dubbed in English while the July 11 screenings are in Japanese with English subtitles.
A thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature.