If you loved When Marnie Was There, try Mary and The Witch's Flower

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.

What they share

Both films are directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to When Marnie Was There, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Mary and The Witch's Flower is

Apparently witchy things happen in the countryside. Mary finds a mysterious flower and broom. It all gets rather enchantingly chaotic.

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