As you'll find out for yourself after the screening, when you and your loved ones try to disentangle the plot with its dreamlike twists and numerous interpretative possibilities, it is a fool's errand to want to offer a succinct plot summary for Hayao Miyazaki's films. This much we can tell you: the film is about a boy and a heron... "Another masterpiece by this oustanding director." Knut Elstermann, radioeins