How Wang-Fo Was Saved

How Wang-Fo Was Saved

1987 · 15 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Animation, Fantasy

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.

Directed by René Laloux · Written by René Laloux

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