Over the Moon
Over the Moon is a 2020 American-Chinese computer-animated musical family fantasy film, which was directed by Glen Keane and co-directed by John Kahrs, from a screenplay by Audrey Wells with the collaboration of Alice Wu and Jennifer Yee McDevitt. The film was produced by Pearl Studio and Netflix Animation, and animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It stars the voices of Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Oh. It is the first international film to be directed by Keane, who served as an animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios; and the second film produced by Pearl Studio, after DreamWorks' 2019 animated film Abominable.
Plot
A little girl named Fei Fei loved being told the story of the moon goddess Chang'e who took a potion for immortality, causing her to become a goddess and ascend to the moon without her lover Houyi, and awaits for him on the moon. In preparation for the annual Moon Festival, Fei Fei and her family make mooncakes for the village. However, Fei Fei's mother falls ill, and gifts her daughter a bunny named Bungee, before passing away.
More details
author | Audrey Wells |
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director | Glen Keane |
editor | Edie Ichioka |
genre | animation fantasy |
keywords | capture depression engage exile falling in love fly houyi jade rabbit little girl maglev maglev track meteor shower mooncakes moving on new family new love pass return home rock talk to the moon trap |
musicBy | Score by: Steven Price Songs by: Christopher Curtis Marjorie Duffield Helen Park |
producer | Gennie Rim Peilin Chou |
productionCompany | Dentsu Entertainment Glen Keane Productions Netflix Animation Pearl Studio Sony Pictures Imageworks |
publisher | Netflix |
theme | animated musical |