When Marnie Was There
Still from When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There

classified U D

Studio Ghibli Summer

Film

Please note: This was screened in Aug 2022

Director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Cast
Hailee Steinfeld, John C. Reilly, Vanessa Williams
Details
103 mins, Dubbed, 2015, Japan
Primary language
English

Based on Joan G Robinson's popular novel and transposed, via Japan’s legendary animators Studio Ghibli, to a sleepy seaside town in Hokkaido, Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Arrietty) tells a beguiling, bittersweet tale of a mysterious friendship.

Sent to spend the summer in a sleepy seaside town, sickly Anna (Hailee Steinfeld) befriends a curious blonde girl (Kiernan Shipka), who only she can see. The connection between them is instant, but Marnie is as elusive as a shadow and it is a friendship that is not without jealousy, tension and misunderstanding.

With characteristically exquisite hand-drawn animation, When Marnie Was There is an intimate, emotional journey into the friable quality of an adolescent girl’s self-worth.


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