When Marnie Was There

2014 Hiromasa Yonebayashi 1h 43m ★ 7.9
Animation Drama Family Mystery
When Marnie Was There

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.

Cast

Sara Takatsuki Sara Takatsuki Anna Sasaki (voice)
Kasumi Arimura Kasumi Arimura Marnie (voice)
Nanako Matsushima Nanako Matsushima Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu Terajima Susumu Terajima Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie Negishi Toshie Negishi Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryoko Moriyama Ryoko Moriyama Elderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kazuko Yoshiyuki Nanny (voice)
Hitomi Kuroki Hitomi Kuroki Hisako (voice)

Vibes

Emotional Chill Visually Stunning Deeply Moving Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with When Marnie Was There

Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday 1991
Ghibli women confronting the past. Two quiet films about journeys to the countryside that are really journeys inward. Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive 2001
Women haunted by women who may not exist. Two films about obsession with a face you cannot stop seeing.