When Marnie Was There
7.9/10
Rating
103 min
Runtime
2014
Release Year
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Director
Cast
Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi
Quick Synopsis
A teenage girl who is emotionally withdrawn is sent to live with relatives in a rural area because of her health. While there, she becomes fascinated by an old, empty mansion nearby and grows close to a mysterious girl she meets there. As their friendship develops, she struggles to understand whether this girl is real or a figment of her imagination.
Detailed Synopsis of When Marnie Was There
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.
