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A sweet story about two students who help, trying to save an old building from being demolished.As they work together, feelings start to develop and an old secret is slowly unveiled.

1 month ago

Critic Owen Williams

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The hand-drawn animation is gorgeous...

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Critic Mike Mccahill

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...a light, breezy 1960s-set coming-of-age tale that strives to convey something of how Japan rebuilt itself after the traumas of the second world war.

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Critic Kimberley Jones

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...boasts visual handsomeness and celerity...

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Critic Nikolaj Kennov

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...'Oppe på valmuebakken' [giver] et dejligt, men til tider dog også lidt sentimentalt, indblik i Japan anno 1963, der dog hovedsageligt underholder med sit indlejrede familiemysterium.

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Michael Thomsen

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Hayao Miyazaki's søn Goro's nok bedste film, hvilket måske ikke siger så meget. Men seværdig nok.

3 years ago

Critic Freya Bjørnlund

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...Miyazakis streg klæder filmen bedårende godt, og Ghibli lykkes med sit forsøg i den realistiske genre. Man kan ligefrem dufte forårsforelskelsen og valmuerne i farvefloret.

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Critic Jonna Vanhatalo

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...en nostalgisk och otroligt gullig liten historia om ansvar, kämparglöd och kärlek...

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