It’s when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life.

1988
Told through silence and sorrow, Grave of the Fireflies unfolds like a mournful lullaby, a delicate elegy to love and loss, tracing the fragile journey of two souls, adrift in the aftermath of devastation, bound by blood and by the persistence of hope that flickers ever fainter with each ing day. It is a film that offers itself with raw honesty and a profound stillness, allowing the gravity of what remains unspoken to settle deeply into the viewer’s chest, like…