Whisper from the Heart (1995) is one of the sweetest, most lighthearted and joy inducing movies I ever saw.

A few years back I discovered that there was a studio Ghibli movie that featured John Denver's "Take me Home, country roads" as its theme. Being a big John Denver fan I decided to check it out.

My god, what a beautiful and joyfull movie. I was truly surprised by how such a mundande story could be so magical.

The movie follows a high-school girl as she meets this violin playing boy and befriends him, as both eventually develop feelings for each other. We get to see her middle-class academic family, her studies to get good grades for college, her goofing around with her friends, the boy's cool af grandfather who owns an antique shop... There's ZERO supernatural elements, and it could have been the most typical coming of age movie ever, but the story just feels absolutely magical.

The movie is set in this hillside Tokyo suburb setting which just adds to the feeling that you are watching real people just living their lives.

I rarely hear people talk about this movie. I feel it gets overshadowed by other Studio Ghibli movies, but it absolutely deserves to be up there with them.

EDIT: Whisper of the Heart. My bad.

Submitted March 19, 2021 at 12:55AM by Mervynhaspeaked https://ift.tt/3vBV4W1