If you loved Candy Candy: The Movie, try Utena : L'Apocalypse de l'adolescence
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Theyboth carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Candy Candy: The Movie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Utena : L'Apocalypse de l'adolescence is
Here's a film that really wants to be a fever dream. A transfer student at a mysterious academy finds herself dueling for the hand of a girl with strange powers. It's either profound or utterly ridiculous, but hard to deny its strange appeal.
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