Indie Chinese animation Have A Nice Day is fresh and funny

The award-winning work, Have A Nice Day, skewers a Chinese culture obsessed with wealth

Have A Nice Day by Nanjing-based animator and director Liu Jian is a tragicomic tale of a simple plan gone wrong.
Have A Nice Day by Nanjing-based animator and director Liu Jian is a tragicomic tale of a simple plan gone wrong. PHOTO: ANTICIPATE PICTURES
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HAVE A NICE DAY (PG13)

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 12, 2018, with the headline Indie Chinese animation Have A Nice Day is fresh and funny. Subscribe