In the Chinese fantasy “Big Fish & Begonia,” a young woman named Chun faces trials from a world beneath the ocean. Rendered in a crisp mixture of hand-drawn and digital animation, the inhabitants of Chun’s airy underworld are mystical beings with the power to influence nature, and they guard the balance of life in the human realm above them.
Taking the form of a red dolphin, Chun is sent into the human world as part of her initiation to adulthood. But when a boy dies after saving Chun from a fishing net, Chun ventures into the mists of her own world to find the guardian of the afterlife who might be able to grant the boy a second chance. The keeper of souls gives Chun the boy’s soul in the form of a fish, which she names Kun. Having acted against the laws of nature by restoring Kun’s life, Chun must protect him as the order of the worlds begins to unravel.
Trailer: ‘Big Fish & Begonia’
A preview of the film.
.The directors of this mythological maelstrom, Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun, use the flexibility of animation to create visual metaphors that represent the beauty and the terror of passing from one realm to the next. A man’s spirit becomes a tree where his lost lover can rest in her final form as a bird. A friend’s sacrifice is felt as the kiss of the wind. Never short on visual or emotional wonder, “Big Fish & Begonia” contemplates mortality with the imagination of an old soul who has been given new eyes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/movies/big-fish-and-begonia-review.htmlBagikan Berita Ini
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