The Coin (2019)

In Chinese New Year holidays, finding the coin inside the dumplings means having a blessed year ahead. A young woman loses a jar on her journey to a new country, which contains the lucky coins she has been collecting growing up. Her new life begins with a search to find the coin.

Released March 9, 2019 7 min None+

Genres: Animation, Short

Keywords: tmdb.stop-motion, tmdb.woman-director, mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.short-film, imdb.coin-collector, imdb.dumpling + 54 more, imdb.female-lead, imdb.chinese-abroad, imdb.american-film-directed-by-asian-director, imdb.bechdel-test-failed, imdb.coin-in-food, imdb.surrealism, imdb.fantasizing, imdb.jar-of-coins, imdb.pizza, imdb.younger-version-of-character, imdb.train, imdb.moving-in, imdb.stop-motion-animation, imdb.f-rated, imdb.narrated-by-protagonist, imdb.superstition, imdb.camera-shot-from-inside-a-human-body, imdb.fast-food-restaurant, imdb.north-american-film-directed-by-asian-director, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.american-film-directed-by-chinese-director, imdb.collection, imdb.fast-food, imdb.fantasy-sequence, imdb.train-trip, imdb.for-grown-ups-animation, imdb.chinese-in-usa, imdb.coin-collection, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.anthropomorphic-hamburger, imdb.lucky-coin, imdb.underwater-scene, imdb.inside-a-body, imdb.restaurant, imdb.miniaturized-woman, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.triple-f-rated, imdb.eating-a-hamburger, imdb.asian-in-usa, imdb.lucky-charm, imdb.written-by-director, imdb.collector, imdb.childhood-memory, imdb.north-american-film-directed-by-chinese-director, imdb.childhood-flashback, imdb.title-written-by-female, imdb.flashback, imdb.superstitious-woman, imdb.moving-out, imdb.moving, imdb.reverse-footage, imdb.trapped-inside-a-human-body, imdb.narrated-by-character, imdb.girl