Dragonkeeper: — The First Co-production, Animated Film Between official Spain & China
Dragon culture is one of the cultural phenomena with the longest duration and the strongest vitality in traditional Chinese culture. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Spain , producers Manuel Cristobal, Larry Levene and China Film Group jointly launched an animated film based on the Chinese dragon art image, Dragonkeeper . The story is adapted from the fantasy novel of the same name by Australian writer Carole Wilkinson . It takes the dragon -raising girl Ping who lived in ancient China as the protagonist, and tells the story of how she grows into a legendary “dragonkeeper” with the help of the dragon. Ping was sold to be a slave since very young , and was order to take care of the only two imprisoned dragons left in human society in the emperor’s castle. Until one day, one of the female dragons entrusted Queen Ping with a dream and died . When the dragon passed away, a dragon egg was left to ...