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Italy10 Movies Set in or About ItalyStop 4 of 10
Porco Rosso
紅の豚
In the 1930s Adriatic, a cynical, world-weary ace fighter pilot cursed to look like a pig makes his living hunting the sky pirates who plague the seas, until a duel and an old flame draw him back toward his humanity. Hayao Miyazaki's romantic animated adventure.
Why it’s here
A Japanese cult animation drawing on interwar Italy and the Adriatic aviator imagination.
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genre
- Animation · Adventure · Fantasy
- Mood
- dark · adventurous
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- shorter watch · animation fans
Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive