2004 · drama · youth · romance
Hana and Alice
Directed by Shunji Iwai2h 15m2004
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
Our read: Hana and Alice (2004) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · youth · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / youth, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- tender
- intimate
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How Hana and Alice feels to watch.
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“You want charming Japanese high school friendship and first love complications.”
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