When Marnie Was There

2014 Hiromasa Yonebayashi 1h 43m
Animation Drama Family Mystery

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 Anna Sasaki (voice)
Kasumi Arimura Marnie (voice)
Nanako Matsushima Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu Terajima Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie Negishi Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryoko Moriyama Elderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki Nanny (voice)
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 1991
Ghibli women confronting the past. Two quiet films about journeys to the countryside that are really journeys inward. Watch as a double feature
Mulholland Drive 2001
Women haunted by women who may not exist. Two films about obsession with a face you cannot stop seeing. Watch as a double feature

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