Mary and the Witch's Flower

Sunday, June 10, 2018
3:00 pm – 4:50 pm

Museum of Fine Arts,
Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161),
Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Japan, 2018, 102 min.). Digital.

From Academy Award-nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi—animator on Studio Ghibli masterpieces Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo—comes a dazzling new adventure about a young girl named Mary who discovers a flower that grants her magical powers, but only for one night.

Mary is an ordinary girl stuck in the country with her great-aunt Charlotte and longing for an adventure. She follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together, the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds to Endor College, a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right.

Based on Mary Stewart’s 1971 classic children’s book The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch’s Flower is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. Featuring the voices of Ruby Barnhill and Academy Award-winners Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent.

Co-presented with Anime Boston.

Watch the trailer