猴子捞月

This animated short film is adapted from a true story, depicting the tale of a woman from an urban village who falls into a pyramid scheme and loses herself. We anthropomorphize the characters with animal designs, transforming roles based on the Chinese zodiac to symbolize the intense collision between human nature and animal instincts, which also inspired the film’s title, "Monkey Fishing for the Moon." "The monkey fishes for the moon in vain"—the protagonist monkey knows the moon in the water is an illusion, yet still clings to delusions and willingly sinks into the trap, much like the insurmountable hurdles in life. What exactly drives this woman, frugal all her life and "quietly obedient" in her family and society, step by step into the abyss of a pyramid scheme, even to the point of investing everything she has into a bottomless scam? A lifetime of unfulfilled self-esteem acts like an invisible hand, repeatedly toying with this woman from the bottom rungs of society. When viewers witness the predetermined tragedy and irreversible fate of a life, will they, like us, reflect deeply in sorrow?