When Marnie Was There (U)

Animation, Drama, Family

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside; 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.

The critical consensus

It’s a delicately executed, gently beguiling film.

(*) Allan Hunter, The List, 06/06/2016

The Japanese animation company again demonstrate a fondness for classic English children’s books with this adaptation about a mystical friendship.

(*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 09/06/2016

A gentle tale, tinged with melancholy told with all the loving attention to detail you expect from Studio Ghibli.

(*) Philip Kemp, Total Film, 06/06/2016

A delicate, beguiling film that shows off the craftsmanship that distinguishes all the animated classics from Studio Ghibli.

(*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 10/06/2016

(*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 11/06/2016

Studio Ghibli’s latest animation is a bittersweet tale of a teenager’s friendship with a mystery girl.

(*) Wendy Ide, The Observer, 12/06/2016

An intimate, emotional journey, which may lack the scope and scale of previous Ghibli adventures, but remains a bittersweet sayonara for the studio.

(*) (*) Dan Jolin, Empire Online, 08/06/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday June 24, 2016, until Thursday July 7, 2016. More info: www.dca.org.uk

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday July 8, 2016, until Thursday July 14, 2016. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

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When Marnie Was There (U)

Animation, Drama, Family

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