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Although Yingying’s mother was killed in a modern day persecution and the little girl is alone on the streets of Northern China, an enchanted art form could reunite them. Enter a child’s world, where hope and imagination are more powerful than police batons or state-sponsored violence, where noble determination conquers all.

This hand-drawn animation swaps typical whimsical fantasy for a stark, heartbreaking look at state violence and street survival in Northern China. A child’s vibrant imagination provides the only shield against a world of police batons and crushing isolation.