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When Marnie Was There

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Original title

Omoide no Mânîaka

AKA

When Marnie Was There
Omoide no Marnie
思い出のマーニー

Year

2014

Running time

103 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Screenwriter

Keiko Niwa, Ando Masahi. Book: Joan G. Robinson

Cast

Animation

Music

Takatsugu Muramatsu

Cinematography

Animation

Producer

Studio Ghibli

Genre

Animation. Drama. Fantasy | Friendship. Teen/coming-of-age. Small Town Life (Non-North American)

Movie Groups

Studio Ghibli (+ Related Films)

Synopsis

Anna hasn't a friend in the world - until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn't all she seems...An atmospheric ghost story with truths to tell about friendship, families and loneliness. Anna lives with foster parents, a misfit with no friends, always on the outside of things. Then she is sent to Norfolk to stay with old Mr and Mrs Pegg, where she runs wild on the sand dunes and around the water. There is a house, the Marsh House, which she feels she recognises - and she soon meets a strange little girl called Marnie, who becomes Anna's first ever friend. Then one day, Marnie vanishes. A new family, the Lindsays, move into the Marsh House. Having learnt so much from Marnie about friendship, Anna makes firm friends with the Lindsays - and learns some strange truths about Marnie, who was not all she seemed...

Rankings Position

#123 Best Animated Movies
#149 Best Fantasy Movies

Awards: 2015: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Feature

2015: Annie Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Animated Feature - Independent

2015: Gijón Film Festival: Official Selection (Animation)

2015: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Animation Film.

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Ranking Lists Position

63 My Top 10 Movies from 2014 (59)
63 My Favorite Japanese Movies (33)

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