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IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD Cert 12A, 130 mins THE BOOK OF HENRY Cert 12A, 105 mins

A SENSITIVE, subtle, hand-drawn anime (based on Fumiyo Kono’s

2007 manga) which follows the progress of an artistic, daydreamy Hiroshima schoolgirl Suzu, sold into an arranged marriage with a boy from another town during the

Second World War.

Suzu is a delightfully knotty character and the horrors she’s forced to endure are devastating (one particular incident, long before the atomic explosion, recalls the most distressing scenes from Studio Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies). Her pretty/edgy stories and drawings are woven into the plot and there’s the sweetest of romantic twists at the end.

Writer/director Sunao Katabuchi was assistant director to Hayao Miyazaki on Kiki’s Delivery Service. It shows. If you’re finding life too noisy, take refuge in

Katabuchi’s gently scary corner of the world. I’M WONDERING if I hallucinated this film because its badness makes no sense. Colin Trevorrow made his name with beguiling indie comedy Safety

Not Guaranteed, directed Jurassic World and is now a coming man

(he’s currently