If you loved The Colors Within, 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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Both films are directed by Naoko Yamada, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Music territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Colors Within, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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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 The Colors Within, try Liz and the Blue Bird

The Colors Within

Liz and the Blue Bird

What they share

What Liz and the Blue Bird is

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If you loved The Colors Within, try Liz and the Blue Bird

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Liz and the Blue Bird

What they share

What Liz and the Blue Bird is

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