Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé

1987
15m

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7.3/10

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Animation Fantasy Short

Among the aged master painter Wang-Fô's impeccable paintings, exists a mediocre and unflattering portrait of the pale Celestial Emperor that has merited him execution, nevertheless, how is t...Read allAmong the aged master painter Wang-Fô's impeccable paintings, exists a mediocre and unflattering portrait of the pale Celestial Emperor that has merited him execution, nevertheless, how is this possible?Among the aged master painter Wang-Fô's impeccable paintings, exists a mediocre and unflattering portrait of the pale Celestial Emperor that has merited him execution, nevertheless, how is this possible?

Director
- René Laloux
Writers
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- René Laloux
Stars
- Olivier Cruveiller
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

699

YOUR RATING

Director
- René Laloux
Writers
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- René Laloux
Stars
- Olivier Cruveiller
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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Olivier Cruveiller

Ling
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

L'empereur
(voice)

Director
- René Laloux
Writers
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- René Laloux
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Trivia
Based on a short story by Marguerite Yourcenar from the collection "Oriental Tales".

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L'empereur:You ask me what you have done, Wang-Fô. As others' poison finds its way into us through our nine openings, to confront you with the wrongs you have done, I have to tell you my life story.

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8/10

By finding beauty in everything we can (literally) escape the cruelty of the world

The best of Laloux's films seem to create worlds that combine a quiet, lyrical beauty with a cruel brutality and this film achieves this in an unflinching fashion. Meanwhile, it poses questions about art and reality, loyalty and deceit, and has a surprising, inexplicable conclusion that defies logical interpretation, but is tonally perfect for the film and had me thinking about its messages for days after. Wonderful, and achieves so much in its short running tme.