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When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There

Animation · Drama · Family · 2014

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.

Movie details

When Marnie Was There

“Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.”

2014 Animation · Drama · Family 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.9 / 10

Community rating

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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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Written by

Masashi Ando · Keiko Niwa · Hiromasa Yonebayashi

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)

Court is in session

Put When Marnie Was There on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.