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All About Lily Chou-Chou
Why this pick
It shares an intimate, lyrical Japanese indie sensibility and an unflinching view of adolescent isolation, abuse, and the small emotional refuges people create for one another.
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MOVIE2022 1h 25m JPN
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Shiino Tomoyo has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko’s life—and Tomoyo’s too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko’s death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko’s ashes for one final journey together to set free her dear, broken Mariko.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mei Nagano
シイノトモヨ
Nao
イカガワマリコ
Masataka Kubota
マキオ
Toshinori Omi
マリコの実父
Yo Yoshida
マリコ実父の後妻・タムラキョウコ