Miyazaki chasing a dead pilot's ghost across the Sahara? Peak unhinged artistic obsession.
A documentary film starring Hayao Miyazaki as he follows in the footsteps of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Direction
Kasai lets Miyazaki's mania breathe—no gloss, just pilgrimage.
Cinematography
Desert landscapes that haunt like a Ghibli background come alive.
Director
Akira Kasai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saint-Exupéry's 1944 disappearance over the Mediterranean remains unsolved; Miyazaki's obsession mirrors Japan's own complicated relationship with romanticized loss.
This 1998 trip directly inspired Porco Rosso's Mediterranean melancholy and The Wind Rises's meditation on doomed beauty.
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