Four years after the war, Violet Evergarden a young woman with prosthetic arms works as a “human letter writer”: she helps people put their feelings into words and write letters to those they love. The war took Major Gilbert from her the only person who treated her like a human being and she still can’t let him go. One day, an old letter with no addressee is found in the post office’s storage room, and Gilbert’s brother informs her that the major is alive.

This is the story’s climax quiet, without unnecessary words, yet with such breathtaking visuals from Kyoto Animation that it takes your breath away. The film was shot in part following the tragic 2019 studio fire that claimed the lives of more than thirty employees and you can feel that in every frame.