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Liz and the Blue Bird

2018 · 91 min

A hushed, tender ache of a film, all small gestures and unspoken longing, that rewards patient attention with quiet devastation.

Directed by: Naoko Yamada
Genres: Animation, Drama, Music
Starring: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Ayaka Asai

Tagline: The truth will break your heart.
Overview: In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.

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Directed by: Naoko Yamada
Genres: Animation, Drama, Music
Starring: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Ayaka Asai

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
love
coming-of-age
isolation
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: animation, drama, music
Directed by: Naoko Yamada
Written by: Reiko Yoshida
Starring: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Ayaka Asai, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Chika Anzai, Yuichi Nakamura, Conomi Fujimura, Takahiro Sakurai
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Cinematography: Kazuya Takao
Runtime: 91 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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