Seeking Book (or Movie/Series) Recs - Slow-Paced, Dreamy Fantasy/Fairytale

[labingi]

I feel the need for some "escapist" literature (or video), and right now I want to escape into something dreamy and otherworldly. I would love recommendations.

An example of the type of thing would be Angel's Egg, the 1980s short anime. On the fast-paced, action, heartwarming end, maybe the recent movie, Flow. At the intellectual/concrete extreme, maybe A Voyage to Arcturus.

Seeking stories with...

* nature/beauty
* a dreamy or surreal quality - like it may be a dream or metaphor or afterlife or enchantment or something.
* on the slow, quiet end.
* vaguely old-timey in setting, like anywhere from 150-7000 years ago or the rough equivalent in an otherworld.
* some story/plot, though it can be slight, long enough that I get to spend time with the characters: novella or long; hour-ish video or longer.

Don't want...

* anything YA
* anything obviously moralizing;
* any "strong feminist heroine" or anything that smacks of contemporary politics of any kind from any side of the aisle;
* anything fast-paced or action packed. (I'm fine with Flow at the extreme end of fast.)
* anything that "feels" like it was written in and for the 2020s or 2010s;
* anything really short.

Fine with or Fine with Caveats...

* melancholy, dark, horror-tinged if not super dark/depressing/horror
* relatively thin characters, as long as what's there isn't any of the "don't want."
* romance if it's subtle, not the main point, not stereotypical. (Romance will be an easier sell if it's m/m.)
* child, teen characters as long as the story itself doesn't feel aimed at modern kids/teens (see Angel's Egg).
* written/created in pretty much any time period from ancient to present, if it more or less fits the above.

Thanks in advance for rec's!

Comments

[bookwyrme]

Really enjoyed The Goblin Emperor. I'll have to look at the rest of the series sometime! I do like a tale which revolves around someone not getting revenge.

[vilakins]

I can't buy them in my country, even on Kindle, and the local library doesn't have them. I'd love to read more about Maia and his world. :(

[labingi]

Interesting. I may have to go on a treasure hunt for The Goblin Emperor.

[bookwyrme]

Ugh. I hate it that Kindle has gotten more and more restrictive about countries. I used to be able to use it to give gifts to friends and relatives all over the place. Now, they have to be in the US & I hate that!