Big Fish & Begonia
B&T
- Format
- MOVIE
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- B&T · Enlight Pictures · Coloroom Pictures · Studio Mir
- Genres
- Adventure · Drama · Romance · Supernatural
This is a mythic land where no outsider has ever set foot. The spirit-like dwellers there, however, know us mortals well. They are responsible for human emotions and desires, for seasons, weather, the elapsing of time...
Our protagonist, a spirit girl named Chun, has just turned sixteen and goes in the form of a dolphin to explore the earthly part of the sea, to see what the human world is like. While cruising at sea, Chun gets caught in a storm and finds herself enmeshed in a fishing net. A human boy spots her and comes to her rescue, trying to free Chun from the entanglement. By accident, the boy drowns leaving Chun wretched and heartbroken.
Da Hai tells an absorbing and bittersweet story of sacrifice and redemption when Chun is determined to bring back to life the boy's soul, now in the form of a little white fish. Da Hai is about an adolescent coming to terms with her limitations, and a spirit, coming into possession of her powers [...] dealing with the difficult issues of death, love and maturing emotions with empathy and nuance.
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Big Fish & Begonia, produced by B&T Studio and directed by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun, represents a significant milestone in contemporary Chinese animation. The project originated as a short film in 2004, but securing funding and development resources delayed its full-length feature release until 2016. Its narrative draws heavily from classic Chinese texts, most notably the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas' and Zhuangzi's 'Free and Easy Wandering,' weaving together themes of reincarnation, sacrifice, and the interplay between the human and spirit worlds.
The film is celebrated for its distinctive visual style, which deliberately avoids the hyper-realistic aesthetics of major international studios in favor of a painterly, traditional Chinese art sensibility. Designers utilized a palette inspired by classical murals and folk art, creating a dense, atmospheric world that bridges mythological landscapes with human environments. Upon its release, the film was praised by critics for its ambitious artistic direction and profound emotional weight, cementing its status as a hallmark of the burgeoning Chinese animation industry.
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