If you loved Heidi zurück in den Bergen, try Jarinko Chie
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Jarinko Chie hat ungefähr 3.1× Stimmen weniger als Heidi zurück in den Bergen — 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 mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Heidi zurück in den Bergen, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Jarinko Chie is
Here's a film about a kid who's way more competent than her parents. Chie runs her ne'er-do-well father's tavern in Osaka while also visiting her long-departed mother. Her secret plan is to get her parents back together, ideally once her dad finds actual work. It's a kid's cartoon about the gig economy.
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