These Are Not for Kids: 4 Best Animated Movies That Will Break Your Heart
Stories that are made all the more poignant by the animated format.
Animated movies are not just fairy tales for children. We introduce you to four animated films that talk about the most complex emotions in surprisingly subtle and painful ways, leaving their mark on the souls of even adult viewers.
1. White Plastic Sky, 2023
In the 22nd century, Budapest is covered by a large transparent dome that provides safety for a small group of people inside. Certain that it is impossible to survive outside the dome, they are forced to obey the rules of the new world.
According to the law, after 50 years, every inhabitant of the city must donate their body for the benefit of society – in the future, it will grow into a tree that will provide food for a new generation.
One day, young Nora loses her son and decides to leave this life early. Her husband Stefan does not want to let his beloved go. It is said that somewhere far beyond the dome, the reverse procedure can be performed. Stefan sets out on a journey.
2. The Most Precious of Cargoes, 2024
Once upon a time, in the middle of an endless Polish forest, there was a lonely cottage. Two people lived in it: a lumberjack husband, and a wife.
They once dreamed of having a child, but over time they began to console themselves with the thought that everything was for the best – there was barely enough food for both of them.
One day, the woman went into the woods to collect firewood, and heard the baby cry. From that moment on, the couple's life changed, because unlike the wife, who considered the child a gift from heaven, the husband immediately understood that the child would bring nothing but sorrow.
3. Memoir of a Snail, 2024
Grace loses her parents and ends up in foster care, which separates her from her twin brother, Gilbert. The ецщ believe they have one heart for both of them, so the separation causes great trauma for both.
Grace and Gilbert write letters, but this is not enough for children who no longer have loved ones. All that keeps the girl alive are her snails, which eventually fill every corner of the room.
But a chance meeting with an eccentric woman named Pinky changes Grace's life and helps her open a new chapter where pain is replaced by hope for the best.
4. The Siren, 2023
1980, the city of Abadan in southern Iran. Fourteen-year-old Omid is playing soccer with his friends. But the sound of a falling missile abruptly changes the usual rhythm of life: the war destroys the city and with it the childhood of the main character.
Omid's older brother leaves for the front, his mother leaves with the younger children, and Omid himself stays with his grandfather in the besieged city. The teenager has to take responsibility for helping his neighbors.
While distributing food, he meets the amazing people of Abadan and their stories, which inspire the boy to a desperate plan that may be the only chance for salvation.