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Voices of a Distant Star

30 Minutes or Less • 24m

Directed by Makoto Shinkai • 2002 • Japan
Starring Chihiro Suzuki, Sumi Muto, Donna Burke

When a teenage girl is sent to a distant universe to battle aliens, her relationship with a boy—carried out through text messages that take ever longer to reach Earth—unfolds across a vast expanse of time and space.

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