Fish and Elephant

Year: 2001

Runtime: 106 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Li Yu

Romance

The film follows an elephant keeper at Beijing Zoo who keeps a home aquarium of fish and her lesbian partner, a fabric vendor from a bustling street market. Their romance is deeply strained when the keeper’s recently divorced mother returns, hoping to arrange a marriage, while an ex‑lover of Xiaoqun reappears, now hunted by the authorities.

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