If you loved The Boy and the Heron, try Wie der Wind sich hebt
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Boy and the Heron, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
bittersweetforeign gemslow burntender
What Wie der Wind sich hebt is
Kyushu hills, pre-war summer, a paper airplane glides. A young engineer's dreams take shape, airplanes dance in his mind, real planes will soon take to the skies. Miyazaki's swan song is a gentle, historical romance.

