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When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie)

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Synopsis

Due to 12-year-old Anna's asthma, she's sent to stay with relatives of her guardian in the Japanese countryside. She likes to be alone, sketching. She befriends Marnie. Who is the mysterious, blonde Marnie?

Cast

  • Sara Takatsuki
  • Kasumi Arimura
  • Nanako Matsushima
  • Susumu Terajima
  • Toshie Negishi
  • Ryôko Moriyama
  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki
  • Hitomi Kuroki
  • Yûko Kaida
  • Hiroyuki Morisaki

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Metacritic

80
May 21, 2015

It deals with friendship, loneliness, abandonment and forgiveness, and though its curious narrative arc means you're never sure exactly where it's going, the film works up a considerable emotional charge by the end.

Metacritic review by Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
70
Jan 15, 2015

A beautifully animated tale of the growing friendship and occasionally rather cloying emotional travails of two 12-year-old girls.

Metacritic review by Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
The Hollywood Reporter
80
Jan 15, 2015

Yonebayashi’s open-hearted tale, more than any other Ghibli offering, could conceivably have worked just as well in live-action, and yet the tender story gains so much from the studio’s delicate, hand-crafted approach.

Metacritic review by Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Variety