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When Marnie Was There
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When Marnie Was There

2014 · 103 min Animation Drama Family Mystery
7.9 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 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)

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Art Teacher (voice)

Takuma Otoo

Takuma Otoo

Neighborhood Association Officer (voice)

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