Big Fish & Begonia Is Mostly Captivating

Zang Chun and Liang Xuan try to make China’s Spirited Away.by Suzette SmithCodirectors Zang Chun and Liang Xuan labored for 12 years to bring their animated fantasy Big Fish & Begonia to fruition.Inspired by a dream one of the directors had—about a small fish that grew too big for any container—Big Fish & Begonia tells a tale similar to Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away: A heroic girl, Chun, lives in a world of mythical monsters whose presence and histories remain as myste