When Marnie Was There
Movie • 2014 • Animation
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Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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A child has multiple guardians who end up dying. At one point, her guardian sends her to spend some time away with some relatives, in hopes of bettering her asthma. I believe this was done with the child's best interest in mind, though I suppose it could still be seen as abandonment.
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Marnie is abused by the maids, and they lock her in a rather scary silo during a storm.
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One child is neglected by their parents, and some other adults act violent
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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No but a twelve-year-old gets offered wine and gets tipsy from it
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Are there bugs?
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Only butterflies.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Pinned butterflies, and prawns served as food. Both very brief and not graphic.
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Although Anna's episodes of passing out and losing memories can seem like it
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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But Anna uses a box cutter to sharpen a pencil and there are close ups of her using a knife on vegetables. She is not injured.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Anna runs down a hill/dune with steps and trips and falls. She is not injured
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Does someone become unconscious?
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The protagonist goes unconscious several times throughout the movie.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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At one point near the beginning, Anna has an asthma attack but it is brief
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Does a parent die?
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xaM003
Not within the timeframe that the movie takes place, but Anna being orphaned by her parents and grandma dying (off-screen) is a big part of her character
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Used to sharpen a pencil
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Are there clowns?
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A child character does have a clown doll in her room, which is shown only once.
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Are there mannequins?
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Dolls appear onscreen at several points.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The ocean appears very prominently throughout.
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Are there ghosts?
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Not well explained, but there are implied to be ghosts.
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Medical
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A character is mentioned to go to a sanatorium, but it is not depicted.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Casual mention of Anna receiving a vaccine when she is sick
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Is there a hospital scene?
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No, although a doctor is shown going to his patient's house.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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A girl is called a "fat pig," but no other comments are made about her weight.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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runa
It can be hard to tell what is real or not, as well as whether events are occuring in the past or present day
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Anna deals with thoughts of deep self-hate and worthlessness
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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xaM003
Not violent, but Anna’s depression outs itself in ways that in the beginning make her a bit of an unlikable protagonist
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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the main girl starts experiencing something of this nature in the beginning, and continues to occasionally have issues.
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Are there fat jokes?
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The main girl starts having an emotional breakdown and calls the other girl a fat pig (she later apologizes)
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Anna is isolated due to her asthma, mental health struggles and, imo autistic traits.
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Dreamscape
It's not explicit but there are multiple moments in the film between a girl and her grandmother's ghost that could easily be read as romantic
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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The main character has asthma.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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I would say it's more melancholy. Anna and Marnie kind of switch places emotionally.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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sae
The image of a damaged car is shown, but the crash itself is not. It should be noted that the crash is fatal to a few side characters.
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No but there is a moment (in a dream) where Anna is wading through water and the water keeps getting higher and waves come crashing at her. There’s no risk of drowning at any point and the water is more annoying than dangerous but I thought I should mention it
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