Plot: The film revolves around Ai, a young girl attending an art school. She is obviously very talented, but some kind of trauma is holding her back. The students don't like her because she gets special treatment, the teachers don't like her much either and Ai herself struggles with psychotic episodes. Meanwhile, the sound of choppers can be heard outside the school and increasingly intense earthquakes pester the students during classes. The only person willing to help Ai is the school nurse, but it seems that Ai
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March 14, 2022
Though Nowhere Girl carries many of Oshii's usual traits, it doesn't quite feel like anything else he's made. Or anything any other director made for that matter. It's a film that starts off slow, gives ample hints that something is off, starts to feel like a pressure cooker halfway through and then goes from 0 to 11 in less than two minutes, offering a sprawling finale. It's not the easiest sell, but if you don't mind a film that's a little different, be sure to give this one a go. Even if you don't end up loving it, I guarantee the finale will be memorable.