“In 2009, a little claymation film broke everyone’s heart. Mary and Max – no villains, no heroes. Just two lonely people writing letters.
Mary Dinkle, a lonely 8-year-old in suburban Melbourne, randomly picks a name from a New York phone book and writes to Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old obese Jewish man with Asperger’s syndrome. Their 20-year pen-pal relationship navigates depression, agoraphobia, alcoholism, and the simple joy of sharing chocolate. mary and max internet archive
“Bring tissues. And maybe a chocolate hot dog.” “In 2009, a little claymation film broke everyone’s
Themes of mental illness, self-harm, and death. a lonely 8-year-old in suburban Melbourne