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“Ourfamilyisspecial”,saysfilmmakerLeiLei’sfatherLeiJiaqi.Ontheaudiotrackofthisinventive,poignantessayfilmhestartstotalkaboutthestrugglesofhisfamily,amidChina’stroubledtimesofthe1960s.Whenhisownfather,LeiTing,issenttothecountryside,hestaysbehindwithhissisterandhisillmother.WhenMumpassesaway,andthesystemforbidsTingtocomebacktolivewithhischildren,thekidsarekeptinanorphanage.<br/> Notlongafter,historyrepeatsitself:onceagain,Tingissenttoare-educationcentre,brandedaclasstraitor–thistimebecauseofanewpoliticalmovement.Thefamilyissplit.Alltheycandoiswritetoeachother.Thedaughtersareolderandgoingtouniversity,whileJiaqiandhisnewmotheraresenttothecountryside.Theyallwaittobereunitedoneday.<br/> Fortheimages,thedirectormixesandreinventsmaterials,includingbrightlycolouredclaypuppets,propagandaimages,surrealistcollage,andpop-artanimation.Theanimationisanimaginedandfantasticrepresentationofwhathappenedtothefamilyatthetime:lockedincages,Jiaqiandhissisterbecomebirds,andTing–ashalfbird,halfman–canalsofly.<br/> AlthoughtheturbulentrecenthistoryofChinaisthethreadrunningthroughthisfilm,thestrong,vivaciousfamilytakestheforeground.SilverBirdandRainbowFishisanodetofamily,memory,andthereconstructionoffamilyhistoryintheHistoryofChina.
