... reflected in Spirited Away with further allusions to the migrant experience. This animated bildungsroman (coming of age story, a story of where the character grows up) follows a sullen 10 year old girl, Chihiro, who while moving to a new neighborhood, becomes trapped in a spirit world where she is the only human. The opening scene, like Migrant Hostel, institutes a sense of alienation by establishing ... ...

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