Drama ·Animation ·Fantasy · France · 1987 · 15m

How Wang-Fo Was Saved

Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé

How Wang-Fo Was Saved poster
Director
René Laloux
Cast
Olivier Cruveiller as Ling (voice) Jean-Claude Dreyfus as L'empereur (voice)
Crew
Christine Pansu — Editor Alain Goraguer — Original Music Composer Gabriel Yared — Original Music Composer René Laloux — Screenplay René Laloux — Writer Marguerite Yourcenar — Novel
Synopsis

Wang Fo, the greatest master of medieval China, aided by his assistant who has given up everything to follow him, desperately seeks aesthetic perfection. A day comes when he thinks he has achieved it. But his genius arouses both the curiosity and the jealousy of the Emperor. Wang Fo will be able to escape the Emperor's vindictiveness only by going to the limit of his talents.

Mood & Themes
chinarevengemiddle ages (476-1453)short film
Key Collaborators
René Laloux Director Christine Pansu Editor Alain Goraguer Original Music Composer Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer René Laloux Screenplay René Laloux Writer Marguerite Yourcenar Novel Michel Noll Producer Philippe Caza Production Design
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