Short synopsis : Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she’s outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong – and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her “ordinary face”. Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who does not judge her for being just what she is. But no sooner has Anna learned the loveliness of friendship than she begins to wonder about her new found friend…

Long synopsis : Based on the novel by Joan G. Robinson, WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE is the latest film from Studio Ghibli, and the second feature film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director of Arrietty.

Cast

• Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima , Toshie Negishi, Ryoko Moriyama, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Hitomi Kuroki

Crew

• Producer(s): Koji Hoshino , Toshio Suzuki
• Director(s): Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• Screenplay: Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando , Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• Original Music: Takatsugu Muramatsu

• Original Title: OMOIDE NO MARNIE
• Genre(s): Animation, Family


• Production company: STUDIO GHIBLI
• Production date: 2014
• Language: Japanese
• Duration: 103 min
• Image Ratio: 0.00

• International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015