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Spirited away

What do you think a coming of age movie could be?

I think a coming of age movie could be a character progressing as they age during the film.

The definition of a coming of age movie

In film, coming of age is a genre of teen films. Coming-of-age films focus on the psychological and moral growth or transition of a protagonist from youth to adulthood. Personal growth and change is an important characteristic of this genre, which relies on dialogue and emotional responses, rather than action.

5 coming of age movies

Juno
Call me by your name
Lady bird
Moonlight
Super bad

Super bad 

Super bad is a coming of age film because its about two teens about to finish high school (youth to adulthood).
The protagonist Seth is represented as funny and is only interested in girls the only thing he talks about or wants is to lose his virginity.
His main goal  is to get with Jules who is one of the popular girls at a party and lies to her about having fake ids and said he will supply the whole party just to impress her. This shows how willing he is and how far he will go to get a girl to like him. His high school years were boring and he isn't  popular but after high school he expects loads of parties. He spends most of his time with his best friend Evan.

Spirited away

In spirited away a ten year old girl called moves away to a new neighbourhood which could represent the youth to adulthood because moving to a new place could be scary and you don't know if you're  going to prefer being young or old.
In the film the main character learns new things by facing the fears and by the end of the film

The blending of realism and fantasy 

 Spirited  away puts together real life and fantasy.
They do this by taking things from real life and putting it with something out of this world or just un explainable or impossible for example The parents in the normal world turn into pigs from eating too much food.
Chirho learns off her parents and over coming fears she always needs help from other from not being very independent.

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