Pick most any Miyazaki film and you'll find flying plays a part. Miyazaki's greatest loves, aside from the environment, are the focus of this movie: Flying and strong women. A sexy lounge singer and cafe owner named Gina holds a frustrating love for Porco, one he should be more aware of as he womanizes.īut when a young engineer girl named Fio fixes his plane and joins him on his journey, Porco is forced to reevaluate his place in life and how he views the opposite sex. Pork or not, he's a hunk, and he knows it. He's the envy of every other pilot, and the object of many a woman's desires. And this Texan could prove to be Porco's match.īeing a pig doesn't stop Porco from being suave. When a coalition of pirates and wealthy men decide Porco has got to go, they hire a brash, talented American pilot named Donald Curtis to take him down. A wanted man in his home of Italy, Porco has settled for a life as a bachelor mercenary. Porco, a WWI fighting ace who has been cursed with the body and face of a pig, is now a gun for hire, invoking fear in the hearts of pirates, and putting dents in the wallets of those who hire him. Said to be the closest thing to an autobiography of Hayao Miyazaki, Porco Rosso is a light-hearted, nostalgic tale of a freelance air pilot in the post-World War I Mediterranean.Īir pirates plague the land, swooping down on unsuspecting ships in their boat planes, taking what they want. No ecological undertones, no mystical cats to marry, no spiritual wonderment, nary an in-your-face moral lesson to close things out. "Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather be a pig than a fascist."
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