Completed - MANDARIN - Animation, Fantasy, 3D - 105 minutes
This Studio Ghibli-inspired animation, based on the classic Chinese literature, is a beautifully crafted, fantasy animation film that took 12 years to make.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Xuan LIANG , Chun ZHANG Writer(s) : Xuan LIANG Cast : Guanlin JI, Shangqing SU, Weizhou XU Producer(s) : Changtian WANG, Chun ZHANG (Enlight Media), Xiaoping LI
It is a world within our world, yet unseen by any human, and the beings here control time and tide and the changing of the seasons. On the day Chun turns sixteen, she is transformed into a dolphin to explore the human world. She is rescued from a vortex by a human boy at the cost of his own life. Chun is so moved by the boy's kindness and courage that she decides to give him life again. But to do this, she must protect the boy's soul, a tiny fish, and nurture it to grow. Through adventure and sacrifice, love grows, yet now she must release him back to the sea, back to life in the human world.
Country(ies) : CHINA
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Anilogue International Animation Festival Budapest 2016 ( “Best Feature” )BFI London Film Festival 2016Fest. Animation Annecy - MIFA 2017New York International Children’s Film Festival 2018Cartons on the Bay 2018Indie-AniFest 2019