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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like The NeverEnding Story, it lets a lonely young reader enter a richly designed storybook realm, balancing family grief, imaginative escape and a sincere, old-fashioned sense of peril.
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Why this pick
A wistful child’s fantasy with tangible creatures, dark enchantment and an emotionally direct quest; its handmade 1980s texture closely suits The NeverEnding Story’s earnest dream-world feeling.
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Why this pick
Though grounded in reality, it uses ornate visual imagination as a child’s refuge from loss and cruelty, sharing Bastian’s inward, story-sustained resilience and warm sense of enchantment.
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Why this pick
A gloriously physical fantasy about storytelling’s power, filled with theatrical sets, wild creatures and a real-world child swept into impossible adventure—ideal for the film’s imaginative, tactile side.
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01 / THE STORY
Bastian Balthazar Bux is a shy and outcast bibliophile ten-year-old raised by his widowed father, teased by bullies from school. On his way to school, he hides from the bullies in a bookstore, interrupting the grumpy bookseller, Mr. Coreander. Bastian asks about one of the books he sees, called "The Neverending Story", but Mr. Coreander advises against it. With his curiosity piqued, Bastian seizes the book, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school's attic to read.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Bastian
Atreyu
The Childlike Empress
Carl Conrad Koreander - The Librarian
Cairon - Empress' Servant
Teeny Weeny
Night Hob
Urgl
