It’s bound to make you cry! Typical of Ghibli, Anna is shown to be strong, independent and wilful. Showing how it is to be in an awkward in-between age and not knowing where you truly belong, and how your supposed to feel. As it progresses there is a much deeper message. The story initially seems typical of the ghost story genre which can be initially confusing. On arriving to stay with her family she finds herself intrigued by an abandoned marsh house which is claimed to be haunted, Anna finds herself being drawn to the house and decides to visit when she discovers Marine, a mysteriously beautiful girl who she can only see. The film is focused around socially anxious 12 year old Anna, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, who is sent to visit distant relatives of her overly protective foster mother for a summer, in order to improve her asthma and overcome her cripplingly low self- esteem issues. The film is the second film from Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and is a beautifully told coming of age story, based on the novel by Joan G Robinson Studio Ghibli’s latest film, When Marnie Was There, is to be it’s last for some time, following the recent announcement of its hiatus. 'When Marnie Was There' Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
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