How Wang-Fo Was Saved
1987 · 15 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 704 VOTES · DIR. René Laloux
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 111 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 HOW WANG-FO WAS SAVED
00:01:05 ...as if silence were a wall...
00:01:28 He taught me how to see beauty in things
00:01:50 He chose a beautiful woman
00:02:35 and her face lost its bloom
00:03:29 I sold all I owned and we left for the kingdom of Han
00:03:57 ...and the face of the summer moon
00:06:18 ...and that he did not know what he had done
00:06:39 My father had put together a collection of your paintings...
00:06:57 Of course, needing to rebel, I denied the reality of your pictures
00:07:37 The hours ticked by
00:07:57 I imagined the world with the kingdom of Han at its centre...
00:08:17 I used your paintings to help myself imagine all this
00:08:42 At sixteen the doors that had kept me apart from the world, opened again
00:09:19 Pebbles on the seashore marred the ocean for me
00:09:42 You lied to me, Wang-Fo, you hoary impostor
00:10:01 ...and I am not the Emperor
00:10:20 You, whose magic made me abhor what I have...
00:10:42 ...which take you to the heart of your empire
00:11:25 Dry your tears. Now is not the time to cry
00:11:44 In my collection of your early works
00:13:22 Don't worry, Master. They'll soon be on dry land again
00:14:29 from the collection "Oriental Tales"
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed111
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line00:14:29
Production Record
DirectorRené Laloux
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes704