How Wang-Fo Was Saved

1987Directed by René Laloux

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Released: January 1, 1987
Runtime: 15m

About How Wang-Fo Was Saved

Drama
Animation
Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

Director: René Laloux
Writers: Marguerite Yourcenar
René Laloux
Original title: Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé

Principal cast

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Olivier CruveillerLing (voice)
Jean-Claude DreyfusL'empereur (voice)

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