I Am What I Am (2021 film)

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I Am What I Am (simplified Chinese: 雄狮少年; traditional Chinese: 雄獅少年; pinyin: Xióngshī Shàonián; Jyutping: Hung4si1 Siu3nin4; lit. 'Male lion boy') is a 2021 Chinese animated comedy-drama film directed by Sun Haipeng and distributed by Beijing Splendid Culture & Entertainment Co., Ltd. The film tells the story of Gyun, a left-behind teenager in a remote village, who forms a lion dancing team with his best friends, Mao and Gou, and eventually wins a lion dancing competition. The film was released in China on December 17, 2021, with a positive word-of-mouth, but suffered from controversy among Chinese netizens due to the style of the character designs, which affected the box office. A sequel, I Am What I Am 2, was released in 2024.

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