When Marnie Was There
James Simone, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014
When Marnie Was There
Joan G. Robinson, 1967
When Marnie Was There is a movie directed by James Simone and Hiromasa Yonebayashi in 2014 and based on the book of the same name by Joan G. Robinson, first published in 1967. The movie features Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi, Ryôko Moriyama, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Anna Sasaki is an introverted 12-year-old girl with low self-esteem living in Sapporo with foster parents, Yoriko and her husband. One day, she suffers an asthma attack at school. The doctor insists that her asthma is being triggered by stress. At the doctor’s recommendation to send Anna to a place where the air is clean, her parents decide to have her spend summer break with Yoriko’s relatives.
Movie vs Book
Year
2014
Minutes
103
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
When Marnie Was There
Original title: Omoide no Mânî
Director: James Simone, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Country: Japan
Year: 2014
Length: 1h43m
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Year
1967
Pages
288
Book Rate
8.58
S: Goodreads
Book
When Marnie Was There
Author: Joan G. Robinson
Country: UK
First published in: 1967
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“When I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'”
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenwriter)
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