When Marnie Was There
– Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant ..
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.
19 Jul 2014
Japanese
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James Simone, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Joan G. Robinson (based on the novel by), Keiko Niwa (screenplay by), Masashi Ando (screenplay by), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (screenplay by), David Freedman (screenplay adaptation by: English)
Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 17 nominations.
$463,187
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