If you loved Mis vecinos los Yamada, try Heidi vuelve a las montañas
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Heidi vuelve a las montañas tiene aproximadamente 4.5× votos menos que Mis vecinos los Yamada — es una opción más underground, no una recomendación de masas. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Isao Takahata, and they both carry the bittersweet, cozy, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mis vecinos los Yamada, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Heidi vuelve a las montañas 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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