Chang An

Synopsis

As a military crisis closes in, Gao Shi looks back on his lifelong friendship with the poet Li Bai. Their memories turn ambition, companionship and Tang-era upheaval into the material of a historical animated epic. Light Chaser's 2023 feature offers a route into donghua through literature rather than a fantasy training system. It is a dramatic interpretation of historical lives; the poems and events provide useful paths for further reading after the film.