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A confident 13-year-old struggles to balance adolescence and her overbearing mother, while turning into a giant red panda.
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Mei Lee is a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter - an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda
"This is the first Pixar movie led by an all-female team, which already brings many women closer to the story. In 'Turning Red', Chinese director Domee Shi takes us back to the 2000s, with a fever of boy bands, virtual pets and a more real world, away from screens and social media interventions. Through the eyes of Meilin Lee, a 13-year-old girl inspired by the filmmaker's own childhood, we follow a journey of maturity. The character's life is quite normal, as long as she doesn't get nervous or anxious - in this case, Meilin turns into a giant red panda. 'Turning Red' is one of Pixar's successes: the movie is fun, exciting and very emotional, especially for talking about the relationship between mother and daughter."