If you loved Pop in Q, try Liz and the Blue Bird

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Pop in Q

2016 · dir. Naoki Miyahara

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Liz and the Blue Bird

2018 · dir. Naoko Yamada

What they share

Theysit in Animation / Drama / Music territory. If that's the register that drew you to Pop in Q, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Liz and the Blue Bird is

Suzuki joins the brass band’s swan song with a borrowed clarinet. The flutist’s ghost-white cheeks crack a brittle harmony. A fairy-tale duet carried by one girl’s awkward fingers.

If you loved Pop in Q, try Liz and the Blue Bird

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What they share

What Liz and the Blue Bird is

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