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.
Crew
René Laloux
Director, Writer, Adaptation, Screenplay
Marguerite Yourcenar
Novel
Christine Pansu
Editor
Evelyne Toledano
Executive Producer
Rolande Zuratas
Executive Producer
Michel Noll
Producer
Philippe Caza
Production Design, Decorator, Art Direction
Alain Garnier
Sound mixer
Alain Goraguer
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
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