The Magician's Elephant

The main character, Peter, is orphaned in war, as is his sister. Several important characters in the film are Black, including the Countess (voiced by Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and a man (Brian Tyree Henry) who cares for and wants to adopt Peter with his wife, who is White. The magician is voiced by British actor of Chinese descent, Benedict Wong, and the king by India-born Aasif Mandvi. The film is set in a town intended to convey "a southern Spain/Portugal trade route aesthetic suggesting architectural layering over centuries in a region with a very diverse population."

Some violent and scary scenes as well as some sad sequences involving loss and separation. An orphaned child is raised in scarcity (he eats small fish and stale bread every day) in order to become an efficient soldier. He's often in harm's way, including getting tossed around and falling. He's engaged in a sword fight with a giant soldier who chases him through town and challenged to fly (this involves him tiptoeing across rooftops and jumping from a high building). He and his sister were saved as babies during an explosive war-time battle, and each grew up believing the other had died in the war. The countess's brother died during the war, and she has not laughed since then. The king enjoys seeing people risk their lives and even get hurt. The elephant, chained up as a prisoner, dreams of being separated from her family. An old woman is injured when an elephant falls on top of her. A couple is unable to have children.

"Oh my God," "weird."