Birth vs When Marnie Was There
When Marnie Was There has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6/10 for Birth). Birth is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 43m. Birth is the older of the two (2004 against 2014). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Birth
When Marnie Was There| Birth | When Marnie Was There | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery | Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery |
| Country | Germany | Japan |
| Director | Jonathan Glazer | Hiromasa Yonebayashi |
| Main cast | Peter Stormare, Nicole Kidman, Cara Seymour, Alison Elliott, Danny Huston | Toshie Negishi, Susumu Terajima, Ken Yasuda, Yo Oizumi, Sara Takatsuki |
Synopsis
Birth
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
When Marnie Was There
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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