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A special treat on Sunday evening, August 9, at 9pm: as a prelude to the following day’s international première screening of the twelfth film in the Pokémon saga, the Japanese singer Shoko Nakagawa will give a performance, accompanied on stage by a live fellow Pokémon, Pikachu.
The “voice” of Pichu amongst the Pokémon, she will perform songs from the film’s soundtrack, and has become a Japanese pop idol with a massive teenage following. A delegation from the production team who made Pokémon Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus and the Jewel of Life will also attend, including director Kunihiko Yuyama, who was also responsible for previous film versions and the TV series.
The official screening of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus and the Jewel of Life will take place on Monday August 10 at 11am at the FEVI Auditorium. The film is presented in its original Japanese-language version with English and Italian subtitles, and simultaneous translation in Italian, French and German. Under-16s are offered a specially discounted ticket price of 10 CHF.
The 62nd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival will take place between
August 5 - 15, 2009.