Father and daughter ()

Author: Michael Du Duo Jiang Ming Juan
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Publish Date: 2005-11-02
Features: This is a small story that begins with separation. One day, a little girl's father said goodbye to her on the embankment, rowing gently toward the horizon, and never returned. The little girl waited and waited until one day, as an old woman, she walked back to the very shore where her father had left.
The animated version of the same name won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. The silhouette picture book is filled with the genuine love between parents and children.
Separation and death have always been the most challenging themes in children's picture books and the hardest to portray. However, Father and Daughter uses a picture book to explore the complex issue of life, aging, and death.
The author employs a simple and easy-to-understand story structure, combined with cinematic camera techniques, and uses the faded tones of photographic prints to unfold the plot. The entire book features a backlight silhouette technique, giving it a seemingly plain and unassuming style, yet it radiates the genuine emotions between parents and children.