The Art of Studio Ghibli: When Marnie Was There
November 4 - 13, 2024
Miyazaki protégé Yonebayashi adds Studio Ghibli magic to Joan G. Robinson’s classic ghost story of a shy teenage tomboy who befriends a young blonde girl who may not be of this world.
Dubbed Screenings: November 13
Subtitle Screenings: November 4
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In fine Ghibli style, Yonebayashi takes a classic European children’s story with an intrepid young girl protagonist and brings it new life with hand-drawn cel animation that is both intricately detailed and breezily fluid. The story follows shy foster child Anna, who suffers from chronic asthma attacks. For health reasons, she is sent to live with her adoptive aunt and uncle for the summer on the rugged island of Hokkaido, where she spends time sketching a house that has long been abandoned—or has it? She spots an odd blonde girl in the window named Marnie and feels an almost instant bond. Though the two become inseparable friends, no one but Anna can see Marnie. As their friendship deepens, Anna finds she may have a closer connection to the spectral Marnie than she ever dreamed.
- Original Language Title: Omoide no Marnie
- Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Principal Cast: Sara Takatsuki, Arimura Kasumi, Matsushima Nanako, Terajima Susumu, Negishi Toshie
- Country: Japan
- Year: 2014
- Running Time: 103 min.
- Producer: Yoshiaki Nishimura, Koji Hoshino
- Screenplay: Niwa Keiko, Ando Masashi, Yonebayashi Hiromasa
- Music: Muramatsu Takatsugu
- Website: http://marnie.jp/index.html
- Filmography: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
- Language: Japanese
- US Distributor: GKids
- International Sales: Toho Co. / Walt Disney France