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Elemental
You can love your parents' dream and still need your own.
Who it's for
Elemental gives many children of immigrants a picture of a feeling they rarely see named: Ember loves her father and his shop, and still doesn't want to spend her life there.
Guilty / Ashamed→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
Pixar's animated film, directed by Peter Sohn, is set in Element City, where fire, water, earth and air elements live side by side. Ember Lumen, the daughter of fire-element immigrants who run a family shop, is expected to take it over but struggles with her temper.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Peril and an apparent character death.
Age: PG (some peril, brief language, thematic elements)
The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 134
