Paco and the Magical Book

Location: New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Date: April 11 at 2:10pm

Description: This 2008 children’s fantasy film screens as part of the Japan Film Festival Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the only information we have is a plot synopsis that was badly translated into English: “This story is based on a happening in the hospital where there are only unique patients. The most unique patient of them and a trouble maker is `Oonuki`, who is an old president founded his own company by himself . One day, in the hospital `Oonuki` meets a girl named `Pako` , who had a car accident and became a orphan because her parents died in that accident. She can remember only memories of one day, because of an aftereffect of that accident. Even if she meets someone and talk with him or her , she forgets everything after a day passes. Including `Pako`, they enjoy their time together through the play. However, a sad fate is drawing near.”

Other Screenings: Also screens at the Nakana Theatre (3350 Civic Center Drive in Torrance( on April 18 at 2:45pm and at the StarplexCinemas Woodbridge Movies 5 (4626 Barranca Parkway in Irvine) on April 25 at noon.

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Steve Biodrowski

Steve Biodrowski owns and operates Hollywood Gothique. Since graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema, Steve has worked as a film critic, script analyst, journalist, and interviewer. As a film journalist, his work has appeared in Movieline, Premiere, Le Cinephage (in France) and The Dark Side (in England). He served as the West Coast Editor of Cinefantastique magazine in the 1990s, then worked as the Vice President of Editorial Content at Fandom.com and, more recently, as the Executive Editor at Cinescape Online. He is currently the Managing Editor of Cinefantastique Online, the website incarnation of Cinefantastique magazine.

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