When Marnie Was There
20141h 43mPG · MPAA
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi · Starring Sara Takatsuki & Kasumi Arimura
92%Rotten Tomatoes7.6IMDb72Metacritic
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.
AnimationDramaFamily
— Critical consensus, summarised
Studio Ghibli's last 'main era' release before its hiatus — critics widely embraced this quietly ghostly girl-meets-mysterious-friend drama. Earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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