The Monk and the Fish(1994)

movie - first aired/released 1994-10-01 - 6 min - audience 6.4

Animation

Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit

A plump and exuberant monk goes fishing, and a playful fish eludes him. First the monk uses a rod and reel, then a net; over and over, he ends up fish-less and wet. Sleepless, he tries luring the fish at night with a bank of candles. He tries a bow and arrow. The tireless and insouciant fish leads the monk through a viaduct, over irrigated steppes, across cisterns, down canals.