If you loved Souvenirs goutte à goutte, try Le Tombeau des lucioles
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
Both films are directed by Isao Takahata, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Souvenirs goutte à goutte, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Le Tombeau des lucioles is
Kobe, summer, cicadas buzzing. Two orphaned siblings, a burnt mother, an abandoned bomb shelter. Takahata grounds the anime tradition in harsh reality.
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