Should you watch Giovanni's Island?
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Giovanni's Island
Anime · 2014
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
The sides of Giovanni's Island
- Two brothers on Shikotan after the war
- Soviet children and Japanese children in one school
- A hard journey to Sakhalin
Giovanni's Island is good for you if…
- you like being moved to tears by two small brothers.
- you want a piece of postwar history few people know.
- you like a friendship that grows across a language barrier.
Giovanni's Island is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch children lose the people they love.
About: exile · childhood · loss · borders
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