Fish and Elephant (Film)
Fish and Elephant, known in Chinese as 今年夏天 (Jin nian xia tian), is a 2002 Mandarin-language film directed by Yu Li and produced by Yong Cheng. With a runtime of 106 minutes, the motion picture is notable as the first mainland Chinese film to center on a lesbian relationship.
Plot
The narrative follows Xiao Qun, an elephant keeper at a zoo, who is in a relationship with another young woman, Xiao Ling. The plot develops along two primary narrative strands. The first details Xiao Qun's challenges in concealing her relationship from her conservative mother, who pressures her to marry before turning thirty. The second strand involves the unexpected reappearance of Xiao Qun's former lover, Junjun, who arrives while fleeing from the authorities.