Initially Rosso is not pleased, but he grows to like her. A young girl, Fio Piccolo, ends up re-designing his plane. Due to the depression, Piccolo only as female workers, mostly from his family. Rosso survives but has to head to Milan on train. Porco's rival Curtis hopes to win the affections of Gina.Īfter Porco Rosso leaves to Milan, to make repairs to his plane, he is shot down by Curtis, who wants to achieve fame by killing Rosso. There's a photo of several pilots and Gina on the wall, dated 1912. Porco goes off to eat alone, but shortly Gina sits and talks to him.
Gina's music is able to soothe even the savage hearts of the pirates.Īt the restaurant, an American named Curtis proposes to Gina, but she rebuffs him. Curtis, who physically removes the reporters so he can concentrate on Gina without noise.
Two reporters come over to Porco and photograph him and try to interview him on the spot, but their loud questions earn them the ire of Mr. Having successfully defeated the pirates, the so-called Mamma Aiuto Gang, Porco retires to the Hotel Adriano, which is run by his long-time friend Madame Gina. The film, set in the Adriatic Sea in the interwar period, begins with the titular character Porco Rosso, a veteran World War I fighter ace and freelance bounty hunter, responding to an alert over an attack on a ferry liner by airborne pirates. Porco Rosso spends his days relaxing in his hideout while taking freelance jobs. It tells the story of a valiant pig who fought against flying pirates, for his pride, for his lover, and for his fortune. This film is set over the Mediterrenean Sea in an age when seaplanes ruled the waves.