Monkeys Fish the Moon (1981)

Original title

猴子捞月

Directed by

Zhou Keqin

Genre

animation

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

11 min

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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 troop of monkeys living in a forest spots the moon in the sky and wants to claim it. After failing to grab it in the sky, they find a reflection in a pond and try to scoop it out with a gourd, leading to a fight and a broken gourd that spills the reflection. The monkeys cry until they look up and see the real moon still shining above.

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What happens

《》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的剪纸动画片。获得过中国电影金鸡奖最佳美术片、保加利亚卡布洛沃第四届国际喜剧电影节最佳短片奖。 一群猴子在森林里生活。一天夜里，有只猴子抬头看到了天空上的明月，便想要拥有它，于是把大伙找来，尝试了各种方法摘月亮，但没能成功。另一只猴子在山崖下的水潭里也发现了一个“月亮”，于是找来大家捞。山崖很深，猴子们费了好大功夫，终于把“月亮”捞进了一个瓢里。捞到“月亮”后，猴子们为了抢夺“月亮”打起了架，打架过程中不小心将瓢摔碎，“月亮”也不见了。正当猴子们伤心哭泣的时候，抬头望天，发现又大又圆的月亮依然挂在空中…… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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