I Am What I Am (2021)
- Original title
- 雄狮少年
- Directed by
- Sun Haipeng
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 80 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.
How it feels
A left-behind teenager in a remote village teams up with his two best friends to form a lion dancing team. They train hard and eventually compete in a lion dancing competition.
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What happens
I Am What I Am (simplified Chinese: 雄狮少年; traditional Chinese: 雄獅少年; pinyin: Xióngshī Shàonián; Jyutping: Hung4si1 Siu3nin4; lit. 'Male lion boy') is a 2021 Chinese animated comedy-drama film directed by Sun Haipeng and distributed by Beijing Splendid Culture & Entertainment Co., Ltd. The film tells the story of Gyun, a left-behind teenager in a remote village, who forms a lion dancing team with his best friends, Mao and Gou, and eventually wins a lion dancing competition. The film was released in China on December 17, 2021 with a positive word-of-mouth, but suffered from controversy among Chinese netizens due to the style of the character designs, which affected the box office. A sequel, I Am What I Am 2, was released in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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