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Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

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In a world of propaganda images, surrealist collage and pop-art animation, artist-filmmaker Lei Lei and his family recall the past to make sense of the present. 1950's, Jiaqi is 4 years old when his father is compelled to go work in the countryside and his mother passes away. Shortly after the burial, Dad is forced to put Jiaqi and his sister in an orphanage where they turn into birds in a cage. While the country is in turmoil, a Rainbow fish transforms into a woman and decides to help the kids...

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Richard Kuipers Variety 02/05/2022
Lei Lei’s idiosyncratic chronicle of his family’s eventful history is visually captivating and emotionally rewarding. Go to Full Review Grace Han Asian Movie Pulse 02/19/2024
3/5
For a short, this makes for a lovely aesthetic, but – for 104 minutes, one's attention is prone to ebb and flow. Altogether, however, “Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” is certainly a noteworthy homage to one's lineage. Go to Full Review Neil Young Screen International 02/02/2022
Enlivens archival materials by manipulating and distorting domestic snaps and widely-disseminated propaganda images into kinetic, pop-art collages. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Lei Lei

Director

Lei Lei

Screenwriter

Lei Lei

Producer

Isabelle Glachant

Producer

Lei Lei

Film Editor

Patrick Minks

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Synopsis In a world of propaganda images, surrealist collage and pop-art animation, artist-filmmaker Lei Lei and his family recall the past to make sense of the present. 1950's, Jiaqi is 4 years old when his father is compelled to go work in the countryside and his mother passes away. Shortly after the burial, Dad is forced to put Jiaqi and his sister in an orphanage where they turn into birds in a cage. While the country is in turmoil, a Rainbow fish transforms into a woman and decides to help the kids...
Director
Lei Lei
Producer
Lei Lei, Isabelle Glachant
Screenwriter
Lei Lei
Genre
Animation, Documentary
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 44m