Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Turning Red. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, all-consuming love, and belonging. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, hopeful, whimsical, escalating, and episodic.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, belonging, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, hopeful and escalating.
