White Snake (2019)

Original title

白蛇：缘起

Directed by

Amp Wong, Zhao Ji

Genre

fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

People's Republic of China, United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

G

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 558 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young white snake demon takes human form and loses her memory during a mission. She is saved by a snake hunter and they fall in love, but her sister disapproves.

atmosphericromanticaction-packedmythicemotionalvisually lushfast-pacedwhimsical

What happens

White Snake (simplified Chinese: 白蛇：缘起; traditional Chinese: 白蛇：緣起; pinyin: Báishé: Yuánqǐ; Wade–Giles: Pai2shê2: Yüan2ch'ih3; lit. 'White Snake: The Origin') is a 2019 adult animated fantasy film directed by Amp Wong and Zhao Ji, with animation production by Light Chaser Animation. The film was inspired by the Chinese folktale Legend of the White Snake and was released in China on January 11, 2019. A sequel, Green Snake, was announced in 2020, and was released on July 23, 2021. The protagonist is a young adult white snake-demon Blanca (Bai Suzhen) who has taken on the appearance of a lovely human woman. She loses her memories while on a mission to assassinate a Daoist sorcerer, and is saved by a snake hunter. The two eventually fall in love, which strongly displeases her younger sister, Verta (Xiaoqing), the green snake-demon. The film has been featured in festivals including Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, and Animation Is Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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