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You can watch She Remembers, He Forgets (2015) for free on Hoopla.

A wonderfully charming and bittersweet story about teenage friendship, idealist dreams and a city that transcend changing times, this rare Hong Kong-produced gem influenced by Hayao Miyazaki and Shunji Iwai sweeps with nostalgia. In search of an answer for her broken marriage, Gigi journeys into her shiny high school year memories only to discover a deeply hidden secret that will transform her life.

Hong Kong’s shifting urban landscape provides a dreamy, nostalgic backdrop for this bittersweet journey through adolescence and lost ideals. A woman retracing her high school footsteps finds that the ghosts of teenage friendships hold the keys to her fractured adulthood.