Fish and Elephant

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'''''Fish and Elephant''''' ({{zh|c=今年夏天|p=Jīn nián xià tiān|l=This summer}}) is documentary filmmaker and former TV hostess [[Li Yu (director)|Li Yu]]'s [[feature film]] [[directorial debut]]. The film is also often referred to as the first Chinese mainland film to broach the topic of [[lesbian]] relationships in China.<ref name=Kraicer>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinesecinemas.org/fishandelephant.html|title=Fish and Elephant: review by Shelly Kraicer|author=Kraicer, Shelly|publisher=Chinesecinemas.org|access-date=2008-01-29|date=2002-05-23}}</ref><ref name=ADI>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianlife.com/ext/magazine/viewArticles/id/23641052|title =China's First Lesbian Film Wins Praise |author=DeGroat, T. J.|publisher= Asian Diversity, Inc.| access-date=2008-02-02}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

'''''Fish and Elephant''''' ({{zh|c=今年夏天|p=Jīn nián xià tiān|l=This summer}}) is documentary filmmaker and former TV hostess [[Li Yu (director)|Li Yu]]'s [[feature film]] [[directorial debut]]. The film is also often referred to as the first Chinese mainland film to broach the topic of [[lesbian]] relationships in China.<ref name=Kraicer>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinesecinemas.org/fishandelephant.html|title=Fish and Elephant: review by Shelly Kraicer|author=Kraicer, Shelly|publisher=Chinesecinemas.org|access-date=2008-01-29|date=2002-05-23|archive-date=2018-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910193308/http://www.chinesecinemas.org/fishandelephant.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ADI>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianlife.com/ext/magazine/viewArticles/id/23641052|title =China's First Lesbian Film Wins Praise |author=DeGroat, T. J.|publisher= Asian Diversity, Inc.| access-date=2008-02-02}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The story follows the elephant keeper in the [[Beijing Zoo]] who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.

The story follows the elephant keeper in the [[Beijing Zoo]] who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.