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In This Corner of the World

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Japan 2016 | Animation
2h 9min - M (adult themes)

Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the daily loss of life's amenities she still has to maintain the will to live.

This exquisite animated Japanese film crafts a captivating coming-of-age tale following the life of a young girl who marries into a family in Hiroshima amid the escalating intensity of WWII.

Earlier Event: June 7
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Later Event: August 2
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