# When Marnie Was There (2014)

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**Original title**: *思い出のマーニー*
**Runtime**: 103 min
**Genres**: Animation, Drama, Family
**Directed by**: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
**Written by**: Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando
**Starring**: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi, Ryoko Moriyama

> *Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A lonely teen’s summer cure gets hijacked by daydreams of a ghost-girl in a shuttered seaside manor. The lost heiress next door never quite materializes, leaving only her echo. That ghost might just be the mansion itself.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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