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3	''My Beautiful Girl Mari'' (2002) is a UsefulNotes/{{South Korea}}n [[Main/HangukManhwaAenimeisyeon animated film]]. Written by Kang Su-jeong, Lee Seong-kang and Seo Mi-ae and directed by Lee Seong-kang with editing by Park Gok-ji and Cinematography by Kwon Geun-wook.
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5	The story follows that of a fantasy format, following the protagonist Kim Nam-woo. Finding it difficult to cope as everyone in his life leaves him to pursue their interests, such as his best friend Jun-ho, who goes to study in UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}. His widowed mother "leaves" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape it all, he creates an elaborate dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo as he discovers himself and matures with the help of Mari.
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7	The film also won Best Feature Film at the 26th Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Annecy, France).
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10	!!This work contains examples of:
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12	* CannotSpitItOut: Soog-y has a blatant, screaming crush on Jun-ho... but can't bring herself to admit it to him or anyone else.
13	* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The entire story leads up to this, with Nam-woo and Jun-ho enjoying their last summer together before the latter moves to Seoul.
14	%%* GrowingUpSucks
15	* HappyPlace: Where Nam-woo goes to escape from his life.
16	%%* LighthousePoint
17	* TheMagicGoesAway: On a more personal level, since [[spoiler:Nam-woo and Jun-ho lose contact with the dream world forever after the lighthouse is destroyed]].
18	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Nam-woo's dream world may or may not [[spoiler:have spilled over into reality and stopped the thunderstorm]].
19	%%* NoAntagonist
20	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: As revealed in the [[HowWeGotHere prologue]] and [[DistantFinale epilogue]].
21	* SceneryPorn: Comes in real-life and dream-world flavors!
22	%%* SliceOfLife
23	* SugarBowl: With floating cotton-clouds and humongous white puppies.
24	* WildChild: Mari is a very mild case. She never speaks and rarely emotes, but is nonetheless gentle and caring.

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