A Girl Named Ann (2024)

Original title

あんのこと

Directed by

Yū Irie

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

PG12

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Ann tries to recover from drug addiction after growing up in an abusive home. Two men help her, but a scandal and the COVID-19 pandemic derail her progress.

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What happens

A Girl Named Ann (Japanese: あんのこと) is a 2024 Japanese drama film directed by Yu Irie, starring Yuumi Kawai, Jiro Sato, Goro Inagaki, Aoba Kawai, Yuriko Hirooka and Akari Hayami. It follows Ann, a young woman who grew up in an abusive household and developed a drug addiction as she attempts to recover with the help of two men who enter her life, her efforts are derailed by a scandal and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The film is based on a real-life incident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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