If you loved Il circo sotto la pioggia, try Chie the Brat
Un ponte tra un film che hai già visto e uno che quasi nessuno ha incrociato. Questo è ciò che condividono, e ciò che il secondo fa che il primo non fa.
Cosa condividono
Both films are directed by Isao Takahata, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Comedy / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Il circo sotto la pioggia, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Chie the Brat 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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