Picking up the folktale's most familiar chapter, the snake spirit Xiao Bai finds the reincarnation of her lost love in Xu Xian, a gentle physician's assistant in Hangzhou. With her sharp-tongued sister Xiao Qing watching over her, Xiao Bai marries into a fragile human happiness that festival wine, old debts, and the monk Fahai's vows against demons threaten to unravel.
Details & facts
- Chinese
- 白蛇:浮生
- Pinyin
- Baishe Fusheng
- Released
- August 10, 2024
- Format
- 3DCG animation
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Box office
- $60 million worldwide
- Studio
- Light Chaser Animation
- Director
- Chen Jianxi (陈健喜) and Li Jiakai (李佳锴)
- Source
- Folklore / classic literature: Legend of the White Snake
White Snake: Afloat closes the trilogy Light Chaser Animation began in 2019, this time directed by Chen Jianxi and Li Jiakai. Released in China on August 10, 2024 to coincide with the Qixi festival, it retells the traditional legend directly, in contrast to the prequel and afterlife angles of the earlier films, and grossed about 424 million yuan, roughly $60 million, during a run extended into November. Xinhua coverage presented the film as a reshaping of the classic romance for the holiday audience. Unlike its predecessors, which had GKIDS and Netflix deals, no wide North American theatrical or streaming release had been confirmed, though the studio said overseas distribution discussions were underway.
