2012 · animation · family · drama
Wolf Children
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda1h 57m2012
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
Our read: Wolf Children (2012) reads as a warm, steady, inventive animation · family · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, steady, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- tender
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