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When Marnie Was There

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When Marnie Was There

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Summary

Anne is sent by her adoptive parents to spend the summer with a couple who live near a tidal marsh, where she meets Marnie, an enigmatic child her own age living in an apparently abandoned mansion. The two form a passionate friendship and Anna is drawn into Marnie's dream-like world and tries to solve the mystery of her past. Animated drama from Studio Ghibli, with the voices of Hailee Steinfeld and Kiernan Shipka

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Leslie Felperin

This animation from Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya) is an affecting but somewhat queer ghost story adapted from Joan G Robinson's same-named English novel. Trading its Norfolk setting for rustic Sapporo in Japan, the plot revolves around adopted child Anna, a shy, short-haired pubescent tomboy, who is sent to spend the summer with an earthy couple who live near a tidal marsh. In a creepy old house nearby that's supposed to be abandoned, Anna meets mysterious blonde moppet Marnie, and the two form an intense bond. Tonally, it's much closer to the realism of Hayao Miyazaki's wartime drama The Wind Rises, rather than the whimsical magic of Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle. However, the painterly, old-school aesthetic brings an aptly nostalgic feel to this examination of how the past can haunt the present and the rapturous intensity of young friendship.

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Cast

rolenameAnna SasakiHailee SteinfeldMarnieKiernan ShipkaYoriko Sasaki, "Auntie"Geena DavisKiyomasa OiwaJohn C ReillyOld ladyCatherine O'HaraNannyEllen BurstynHisakoVanessa L Williams

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rolenameDirectorHiromasa Yonebayashi

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Theatrical distributor

Studio Canal

Released on

2016-06-10

Languages

English | Japanese

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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