Bao
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États-Unis, 2018 (animation, 8 minutes, couleurs)
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Description du film [en anglais] :
« An aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. Mom excitedly welcomes this new bundle of joy into her life, but Dumpling starts growing up fast, and Mom must come to the bittersweet revelation that nothing stays cute and small forever. This short film [...] explores the ups and downs of the parent-child relationship through the colorful, rich, and tasty lens of the Chinese immigrant community in Canada. »
-- Pixar Animation Studios
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| Générique (partiel) : |
| Scénario : | Domee Shi |
| Produit par : |
Becky Neiman-Cobb, Pete Docter, John Lasseter |
| Interprètes principaux : |
Sindy Lau, Sharmaine Yeoh, Tim Zhang |
| Images : |
Patrick Lin, Ian Megibben |
| Montage images : |
Katherine Ringgold |
| Musique : |
Toby Chu |
| Société de production : |
Pixar Animation Studios |
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Prix décerné à Bao
- Oscar (Academy Award) : Best Short Film (Animated) [meilleur court métrage animé] -- décerné à Domee Shi, Becky Neiman-Cobb
Citations de la réalisatrice [en anglais]
« I always wanted to tell the story of this lonely empty-nester mom going through this crazy dumpling fantasy. I was inspired by my own life growing up as an only child, and I wanted to use a dumpling as a kind of metaphor to tell that story of a parent learning to let go of her child. [...] »
-- Domee Shi
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« I like to say that the mom character [in Bao] is a combination of [my mother], my grandma, my aunt—all the strong Chinese women in my life. »
-- Domee Shi
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« We could have set [Bao] anywhere but giving it a real-life location adds a layer of believability and grounds it since the style of the characters are so cartoony. It was a cool homage to my hometown and I've never really seen Toronto animated on screen before so it was a good excuse to do that. »
-- Domee Shi
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Citations sur Bao [en anglais]
« [Bao is a] mini-movie about a lonely middle-aged woman in Toronto's Chinatown whose homemade pork dumpling magically comes to life, only to grow up, move out and break his mother's heart. The film is an epic in eight minutes, a story at once ancient and alive, a domestic tragedy worthy of Yasujiro Ozu, albeit with a buoyant Pixar ending. »
-- Emily Landau
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« When Bao won the Academy Award for best animated short, [Domee] Shi accepted the Oscar with her producer, Becky Neiman-Cobb. 'To all of the nerdy girls out there who hide behind their sketchbooks, don't be afraid to tell your stories to the world,' Shi said in her acceptance speech. »
-- Emily Landau
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« As in Turning Red, Bao explores the pain mothers feel when they see their child growing up and needing them less. The films also show that for Chinese immigrant mothers, the pain is twofold—as the child becomes independent, they also become less Chinese. In Bao, the dumpling son begins dating a white girl. In Turning Red, Mei nurtures a secret mania for a boy band her mother fears will make her sweet, innocent child grow up too fast. »
-- John Lui
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« Two years into the job [as a story artist on Inside Out], [Domee] Shi started developing Bao as a possible hand-drawn, Miyazaki-style short she intended to made on the side. At one point, Shi approached Inside Out director Pete Docter for advice, and he encouraged her to pitch Bao as an official Pixar short, insisting that she fight to keep the twist. [...] Even after the project was greenlit, Shi spent her days doing storyboards for Toy Story 4, devoting nights and weekends to working on Bao. »
-- Variety
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Bibliographie sur Bao
Articles de revues scientifiques
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BARTON, Georgina, Yijun HU et Nathan LOWIEN. « A Critical Semiotic Investigation of Asian Stereotypes in the Short Film Bao: Implications for Classroom Practice », Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 44, no. 1 (2021), pp. 5-16.
[en anglais]
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YANG, Tianyu et Hailing YU. « Loving Mother vs. Controlling Mother: Visual Attitude and Reading Positions in the Short Film Bao », Social Semiotics (12 mai 2020), pp. 1-19.
[en anglais]
Articles de journaux, de revues grand public ou de sites d'information en ligne
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AHEARN, Victoria. « Shout-out to 'nerdy girls'; Bao team leads Canadian contingent at the Oscars », Montreal Gazette, 26 février 2019.
[en anglais]
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CHAN, Julia B. « The Tao of Bao: Director Domee Shi remixes cultures into magic », entretien avec Domee Shi, Mother Jones, vol. 4, no. 3, mai 2019.
[en anglais]
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HERTZ, Barry. « Canadian animators draw Oscar's attention », Globe and Mail, 23 janvier 2019.
[en anglais]
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IDELSON, Karen. « A mouth-watering short », entretien avec Domee Shi, Animation Magazine, vol. 32, no. 6, juin-juillet 2018.
[en anglais]
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KNIGHT, Chris. « Food for thought: Domee Shi's Pixar short looks at family life with the help of a dumpling », entretien avec Domee Shi, Calgary Herald, 15 juin 2018.
[en anglais]
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LIU, Karon. « Pixar's new animated short pays tribute to moms, Chinese food and Toronto », entretien avec Domee Shi, Toronto Star, 12 juin 2018.
[en anglais]
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ROPER, Caitlin. « Domee Shi thinks kids can handle dark stories », entretien avec Domee Shi, New York Times, 29 juillet 2018.
[en anglais]
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SOTO, Kaly. « The Creator of 'Bao' on That Twist: 'Part of Me Wanted to Shock Audiences' », entretien avec Domee Shi, New York Times, 30 juin 2018.
[en anglais]
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WHEELER, Brad. « Toronto's Domee Shi on her big Oscar win, Pixar's changing culture and her 'nerdy girls' speech; The Chinese-Canadian animator says she wrote up her well-received acceptance speech the night before the Academy Awards ceremony », entretien avec Domee Shi, Globe and Mail, 28 février 2019.
[en anglais]
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