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  1. Verano de 1945. La aviación estadounidense somete las ciudades japonesas a continuos ataques aéreos. En uno de ellos, una incursión con bombas incendiarias convierte la ciudad de Kōbe en un infierno humeante, para los dos protagonistas (Seita, de 14 años, y su hermanita Setsuko, de 5). El joven Seita y su pequeña hermana Setsuko son hijos de un oficial de la marina japonesa. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ambos viven con su madre, pero un día, tras un bombardeo, ellos se retrasan y no consiguen llegar al búnker donde ella los espera.

    Las caras de La tumba de las luciérnagas

    • Dos niños huérfanos en el Japón en guerra
    • Un refugio antiaéreo abandonado como hogar
    • Una lata de caramelos de frutas

    Buena para ti si

    • quieres una película que te deje llorando.
    • quieres ver la guerra desde el lado de los civiles japoneses.
    • te gusta un hermano que intenta mantener con vida a su hermana pequeña.

    Mala para ti si

    • necesitas algo de esperanza al final.
    • no soportas ver a unos niños pasar hambre.
    • no ves anime.

    Temas: la guerra · la infancia · el orgullo · el hambre

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  2. Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…

    The sides of In This Corner of the World

    • A young bride who moves to Kure in 1943
    • Daily life in a naval port under air raids
    • Hiroshima just across the bay

    Good for you if

    • you like a war film told through cooking, sewing and family meals.
    • you like Suzu, dreamy and stubborn, keeping a household going.
    • you like hand-drawn images that look like her own sketches.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take air raids reaching a family's home, and the grief that follows.
    • you need momentum, and most of the film is quiet everyday life.
    • you don't watch animated films.

    About: daily life · loss · resilience · marriage

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  3. 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

    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.

    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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  4. Saikano 2002

    Anime

    Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.

    The sides of Saikano

    • A shy schoolgirl turned into a living weapon
    • A first love in a seaside town
    • A war that never explains itself

    Good for you if

    • you like a love story that breaks your heart.
    • you can take an ending with very little hope.
    • you like a clumsy teenage couple trying to stay together.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't stand cities destroyed and people dying.

    About: first love · the end of the world · loss

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  5. Shoah 1985

    Documentary

    Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.

    The sides of Shoah

    • Survivors, bystanders and perpetrators interviewed
    • The sites of the camps filmed decades later
    • No archive footage at all

    Good for you if

    • you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.
    • you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.
    • you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't give more than nine hours to one film.
    • you won't read subtitles, and the film moves between many languages.
    • you can't hear first-hand accounts of mass murder.

    About: memory · testimony · genocide

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  6. Berlín, 1942. Bruno tiene ocho años y desconoce el significado de la Solución Final y del Holocausto. No es consciente de las pavorosas crueldades que su país, en plena guerra mundial, está infligiendo a los pueblos de Europa. Todo lo que sabe es que su padre -recién nombrado comandante de un campo de concentración- ha ascendido en el escalafón, y que ha pasado de vivir en una confortable casa de Berlín a una zona aislada. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Shamuel, un niño judío que vive una extraña existencia paralela al otro lado de la alambrada.

    Las caras de El niño con el pijama de rayas

    • El hijo de un oficial nazi cerca de un campo
    • Un amigo al otro lado de la valla
    • Una inocencia que no ve

    Buena para ti si

    • estás dispuesto a emocionarte con una amistad a través de la valla de un campo.
    • puedes con una historia sin consuelo.

    Mala para ti si

    • un campo de concentración visto por un niño es demasiado esta noche.
    • quieres el Holocausto contado a partir de testimonios reales. Es una historia inventada, sacada de una novela.

    Temas: la inocencia · la amistad · el mal

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  7. Incendies 2010

    Film

    A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

    The sides of Incendies

    • Twins reading their mother's last wishes
    • A search through a country torn by civil war
    • A family secret buried for decades

    Good for you if

    • you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.
    • you like a film that leaves you shaken long after.
    • you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take massacres, prison and rape on screen.
    • you won't read subtitles, and the twins' search unfolds in French and Arabic.

    About: family secrets · war · forgiveness

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  8. El pianista 2002

    Película

    Varsovia, 1939. El pianista polaco de origen judío Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) interpreta un tema de Chopin en la radio nacional de Polonia mientras la aviación alemana bombardea la capital. El régimen nazi ha invadido el país, y como hace en otros países invadidos, lleva a cabo la misma política con respecto a los judíos. Así Szpilman y toda su familia -sus padres, su hermano y sus dos hermanas- se ven obligados a dejar su casa y todo lo que les pertenece para trasladarse con miles de personas de origen judío al ghetto de Varsovia. Mientras Wladyslaw trabaja como pianista en un restaurante propiedad de un judío que colabora con los nazis, su hermano Henryk (Ed Stoppard) prefiere luchar contra los nazis. Pero tres años más tarde, los habitantes del ghetto son trasladados en trenes hacia campos de concentración.

    Las caras de El pianista

    • Un pianista escondido en Varsovia
    • Años solo en pisos vacíos
    • Música para un oficial enemigo

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una interpretación callada de pura supervivencia.
    • te gusta una historia real que se queda contigo.
    • te gusta ver a alguien aguantar a pesar de todo.

    Mala para ti si

    • el Holocausto mostrado con detalle es demasiado esta noche.
    • dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.

    Temas: la supervivencia · el arte · la humanidad

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  9. La lista de Schindler 1993

    Película

    Oskar Schindler, un hombre de enorme astucia y talento para las relaciones públicas, organiza un ambicioso plan para ganarse la simpatía de los nazis. Después de la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes, consigue, gracias a sus relaciones con los nazis, la propiedad de una fábrica de Cracovia. Allí emplea a cientos de operarios judíos, cuya explotación le hace prosperar rápidamente. Su gerente, también judío, es el verdadero director en la sombra, pues Schindler no tiene el menor conocimiento industrial.

    Las caras de La lista de Schindler

    • Un empresario que salva a sus trabajadores
    • Blanco y negro, y un abrigo rojo
    • Una lista que significa vida

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan las imágenes potentes en blanco y negro, y una niña con abrigo rojo que no olvidarás.
    • te gusta un villano terriblemente humano.
    • quieres entender una historia real desde dentro.

    Mala para ti si

    • el Holocausto en pantalla es demasiado para ti esta noche.
    • más de tres horas es demasiado para una sola noche.
    • el blanco y negro te echa para atrás.

    Temas: la humanidad · el valor · el mal

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  10. 20 Days in Mariupol 2023

    Documentary

    As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

    The sides of 20 Days in Mariupol

    • Ukrainian journalists trapped in a besieged city
    • Hospitals filling with the wounded
    • Getting the footage out

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.
    • you want to understand what a siege does to a city and its people.

    Bad for you if

    • the grief of parents losing children is too much for you.
    • you can't watch real dead and wounded people on screen.

    About: war · the truth · grief · journalism

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  11. A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets.

    The sides of Takopi's Original Sin

    • A happy alien with magic gadgets
    • A lonely, bullied fourth grader
    • A small mistake with terrible consequences

    Good for you if

    • you want a short series that leaves you shaken and moved.
    • you can take a cute alien story that turns very dark.
    • you like a story that changes completely after the first episode.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take bullying, neglect and suicide involving children.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: loneliness · childhood · forgiveness

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  12. The Last Days 1998

    Documentary

    This Oscar-winning documentary recounts the harrowing stories of five Hungarian Jews who endured the horrors of the Holocaust and Hitler's reign.

    The sides of The Last Days

    • Five Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust
    • Survivors returning to their childhood homes
    • Memories of the camps

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear survivors tell their own stories.
    • you want to understand the Holocaust in Hungary through five lives.
    • you're ready to be moved to tears by people going back to where it happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear firsthand accounts of the camps.
    • you can't look at archive footage of bodies in the camps.

    About: memory · survival · loss

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  13. Chernobyl 2019

    Serie

    En Abril de 1986, la Central Nuclear de Chernóbil en Ucrania (en aquel entonces, la Unión Soviética), sufrió una explosión masiva que liberó material radioactivo en Bielorrusia, Rusia, Ucrania, así como en zonas de Escandinavia y Europa Central. La serie relata lo que aconteció en 1986, en uno de los mayores desastres provocados por el hombre en la historia reciente, así como los sacrificios realizados para salvar al continente de un desastre sin precedentes.

    Las caras de Chernobyl

    • La noche en que explotó un reactor
    • Científicos contra las mentiras de un Estado
    • Hombres enviados al tejado

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una angustia que nunca suelta.
    • quieres entender un desastre real.
    • puedes con una historia sombría y sin adornos.

    Mala para ti si

    • la enfermedad por radiación mostrada con detalle es demasiado dura para ti.
    • no soportas ver animales abatidos a tiros. Los soldados limpian la zona de las mascotas abandonadas.

    Temas: la verdad · el sacrificio · la mentira

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  14. Generation War 2013

    Series

    Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war.

    The sides of Generation War

    • Five friends in Berlin in 1941
    • Two brothers on the Eastern Front
    • A promise to meet again after the war

    Good for you if

    • you want a war seen from the German side, on the Eastern Front.
    • you like following five friends as the war pulls them apart.
    • you can take a war story where nobody comes out clean.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand executions and battle scenes shown up close.
    • you can't face the persecution of Jews and massacres on screen.
    • you won't read subtitles for a German series.

    About: guilt · friendship · lost innocence · complicity

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  15. This documentary series tackles one of history's most horrifying subjects: the Holocaust and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

    The sides of Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

    • The history of Auschwitz-Birkenau
    • Testimony from survivors and former perpetrators
    • Reconstructions of Nazi decisions

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how Auschwitz was built and run.
    • you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.
    • you want to understand the Second World War beyond the battlefields.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch testimony about mass murder.
    • you need some hope from what you watch.

    About: memory · genocide · responsibility

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  16. An immortal being takes on the form of a human boy, wandering the earth and experiencing the pains and joys of life throughout his story without end.

    The sides of To Your Eternity

    • An immortal orb that takes the shape of what it meets
    • A wolf and a boy alone in the snow
    • Companions lost one after another

    Good for you if

    • you like being wrecked by the people Fushi loses.
    • you like watching a being learn what it means to be human.
    • you like a lonely being who finds friends in every place he travels.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take death and grief in almost every arc.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: grief · immortality · what makes us human

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  17. X 2001

    Anime

    It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny and fate are haunting Kamui and pulling in himself and his loved ones. It is his destiny to decide the fate of the world and mankind, no matter if he wants the role or not.

    The sides of X

    • A psychic teenager back in Tokyo
    • Two sides fighting over the end of the world
    • A childhood friend on the other side

    Good for you if

    • you can take a dark story where childhood friends end up on opposite sides of the apocalypse.
    • you like psychic duels that tear Tokyo apart.
    • you like CLAMP's apocalyptic world of seals, dragons and destiny.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bloody deaths and impaled bodies.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: fate · friendship · the end of the world · choice

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  18. Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.

    The sides of Fullmetal Alchemist

    • Two brothers who broke the law of alchemy
    • A boy whose soul lives in a suit of armor
    • A hunt for the philosopher's stone

    Good for you if

    • you like a world where alchemy has rules and a price.
    • you want a story held together by two brothers.
    • you can take a story that goes darker than its first episodes suggest.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't take children paying for grief with their own bodies.

    About: sacrifice · brotherhood · grief

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  19. Five-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.

    The sides of The Diary of Anne Frank

    • A teenage girl writing her diary
    • A family hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam
    • Eight people sharing a secret annex

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand daily life in hiding during the war.
    • you want to hear Anne Frank's own words brought to the screen.
    • you can be moved by a girl full of life whose fate you know.

    Bad for you if

    • the Holocaust is too painful for you to watch.
    • you need momentum, and this stays inside a few small rooms.

    About: adolescence · fear · hope

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  20. Waltz with Bashir 2008

    Documentary

    A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

    The sides of Waltz with Bashir

    • An Israeli director who can't remember his war
    • Interviews with fellow veterans of Lebanon, 1982
    • Animated memories that end on real footage

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what a war does to the memory of those who fought it.
    • you like a director investigating his own past.
    • you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see a war documentary in animation.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Hebrew.
    • you can't take a film about guilt and the dead of a war, seen through a soldier's nightmares.

    About: memory · guilt · war

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