Hana & Alice



Director: Shunji Iwai

Producer:Shunji Iwai

Screenwriter: Shunji Iwai

Starring: Anne Suzuki

                Yû Aoi
Tomohiro Kaku

This movie is not only about puppy love, but also about two girls. The focal points are their friendship and the turmoil of puberty.

Two best friends named Hana and Alice go to high school together. They are inseparable. They take train to school everyday, and they both notice and become interested in a boy who takes same train with them and he is their schoolmate. Hana likes to follow him home secretly. One day the boy banged his head against the wall by accident. Hana lies and convinces him that he gets amnesia, because she was his girlfriend when he wakes up. During the time of Alice helps Hana to keep her beautiful lie, she starts to be attracted by this boy. She exposes Hana’s lie to him finally and tells the new lie to him.

The whole movie likes a nice painting with light music. There is no intense plot or sudden, surprising turn, but you still can remember many beautiful images, savor this warm story, and it stirs your sympathy.