The Belen Public Library’s Teen Program is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the film, Howl’s Moving Castle. They will screen the film in the Teen room on Thursday, September 26th at 2:30pm.
The animated film is loosely based on the novel, Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, and brought to life by writer and director, Hayao Miyazaki. In it, a young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother’s hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise to help each other with their problems. Like Calcifer, Howl can also see through the Witch’s spell, and he and Sophie fall in love. Sophie helps Howl confront his former teacher and the Witch of the Waste.
The film is rated PG for frightening images and brief mild language.
