龟猴分树 (1959)

Country

People's Republic of China

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A turtle and a monkey find a banana tree washed ashore. They argue about how to split it and each takes a different part, leading to very different results.

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What happens

《龟猴分树》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的剪纸片，由万古蟾导演，于1959年上映。 乌龟发现了一棵被山洪冲到岸边的香蕉树，找来猴子帮忙将树扛回。猴子提出了与乌龟分树的要求，他把树砍成两截，把有香蕉的那截留给了自己，将有树根的另一截分给了乌龟。乌龟将自己分到的、有树根的那截种到了土里，并精心照料，使得那半截树重新长出了树干、树枝，并结出了满树的香蕉。而猴子分到的有香蕉的那半截树，因为失去了树根，很快就枯萎死亡。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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