2015 · animation · comedy · mystery
The Case of Hana & Alice
Directed by Shunji Iwai1h 38m2015
After transferring to Ishinomori Middle School, Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa overhears her classmates discussing a strange rumor. The previous occupant of her seat, a nondescript "Judas," is missing and presumed murdered. Amidst dealing with her mother's undesired meddling in her affairs and warding off her classmates' bullying, the troubled Alice starts to investigate the mystery surrounding Judas' disappearance. The trail of clues leads her to the house of her next-door neighbor, the quirky and reclusive Hana Arai.
Our read: The Case of Hana & Alice (2015) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive animation · comedy · mystery entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, steady, gentle animation / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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