If you loved Pom Poko, try Heidi zurück in den Bergen
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Heidi zurück in den Bergen hat ungefähr 8.8× Stimmen weniger als Pom Poko — ein tieferer Cut, keine Mainstream-Empfehlung. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Isao Takahata, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Adventure / Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to Pom Poko, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Heidi zurück in den Bergen is
Here's a charming tale about being dumped on a relative. Young Heidi is dropped off with her grumpy, goatherding grandfather in the Alps. She makes friends and has adventures, until her aunt reappears to ruin everything. It's an hour and a half very loosely based on a 52-episode show.
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