The Magic of the Kite

(Cerf-volant du bout du monde) (1958)

Director: Roger Pigo / Wang Jiayi

Screenwriter: Roger Pigo / Antoine Tudor

Starring:Patrick de Bardine / Sylviane Rozenberg / Jacques Faburel / Xie Tian / Zhang Chunhua / Yuan Diwang / Cheng Mingqin / Lu Wan / Yin Jiyun / Liu Xiangsheng / Hua Weimin

Genre: Children / Fantasy

Country/Region: France / Chinese mainland

Language: French

Release Date: 1958-12-17 (France)

Runtime: 82 minutes

Also known as: Cerf-volant du bout du monde / The Magic of the Kite

IMDb: tt0135834

Plot Summary: A twelve-year-old French boy, Pierre (Patrick de Bardine), and his sister Nicole (Sylviane Rozenberg) accidentally obtain a kite that had drifted across the ocean from China. The two and their friends regard this kite as a treasure. At an antique shop, Pierre learns that the figure on the kite is named Sun Wukong. He also discovers that the letter tied to the kite was sent by a Chinese boy named Song Xiaoqing.

Piero was eager to become friends with Song Xiaoqing, but Beibote (played by Gerard Szymanski) snatched away the letter with Song Xiaoqing's address. Anxious, Piero prayed to Sun Wukong, only to find that Sun Wukong had walked down from the kite. Not only that, but it also fulfilled Piero's wish, sending him and Nickel to China. The brother and sister embarked on a magical adventure in this mysterious ancient Eastern country.