Tonight on Netflix: The Wonder of Delicacies by Hayao Miyazaki

Inspired by famous aircraft designer Giovanni Caproni, Giro dreams of flying and designing magnificent aircraft. But his eyesight prevented him from becoming a pilot, and in 1927 he was hired in the aeronautics department of a large engineering company. His genius quickly established him as one of the greatest engineers in the world.

Terrible historical events affect his life: the Kanto earthquake in 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic, Japan’s entry into the war… Jiro experiences love with Nahoko and friendship with his colleague Honjo. An extraordinary inventor, he ushers aviation into a new era…

And to think that Miyazaki was supposed to officially retire after Princess Mononoke came out in 1997… In September 2013, the master of animation once again announced his retirement, explaining that The Wind Rises was indeed his last work…

It was on his short film Boro the Caterpillar in 2018, and especially The Boy and the Heron, which is coming to our cinemas very soon on November 1st. It’s a joy to watch, and to see that a filmmaker who has been elevated to the status of Japan’s national treasure still has a lot to say.

Through the very exciting story of Jiro Horikoshi, an engineer in love with dreams and aviation, who will go down in history as the famous creator of the Japanese “Zero” planes that distinguished themselves during the Second World War, as well as a hollow portrait of him. Miyazaki draws.

The story of an idealist, with his successes and sometimes his painful failures, and the need to move forward in spite of everything. “You have to try to live.”, as the film’s subtitle suggests, very aptly. At the intersection of history and poetry, rendered in an animation as graceful and elegant as it is, The wind is picking up is one of Miyazaki-san’s most beautiful works, where lyricism mixes with intense sadness that repeatedly grabs you by the throat. wonderful