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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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