When Marnie Was There
思い出のマーニー
2014JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Hiromasa Yonebayashi★ 7.9
Available in English: subtitled
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingwhimsicalhopeful
Pacing
slow burndreamlike
Story
unravelingjourneyreunion
Emotion
belongingfiguring out who you arelonginggriefloss of innocence
Themes
family dutyfamily wounds passed downcaught between worlds
Feel
quietly hauntingemotionally wreckingcerebraldiscussion starter
Violence
none