Hana and Alice (2004)

Original title

花とアリス

Directed by

Shunji Iwai

Genre

drama film, romance film, teen film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 138 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage best friends named Hana and Alice navigate the start of high school together. Their friendship faces strain as they both become interested in the same boy.

gentlebittersweetwhimsicalintimatelightheartedmelancholicslow-paceddaydreamy

What happens

Hana and Alice (Japanese: 花とアリス, Hepburn: Hana to Arisu) is a 2004 Japanese teen romance film by director Shunji Iwai. The film, shot on HD digital video by the director of photography, Noboru Shinoda, who shared a longstanding working relationship with Shunji Iwai, concerns the life of two girls, the titular Hana (Anne Suzuki) and Alice (Yū Aoi), and the stress placed on their friendship as they move into high school. It was theatrical released in Japan in 2004. It moved into theaters in other Asian territories later in 2004 and 2005, and into western film festivals, such as New York Asian Film Festival and Seattle International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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