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today I'll show you a fantasy film: "MirrorMask "
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The little girl Helena's family owns a circus
However, she does not like to be part of it
This day, she again refuses to perform,
but gives in to her mother, short-named Mom, after a heated argument
Reluctantly, she changes into the performance suit to fulfill her duty
To her shock, Mom faints backstage during the show
Helena and her Dad soon find out about it, and send Mom to the hospital
As Mom requires more medical attention, they have to temporarily suspend the circus shows
That threatens to close the circus, which is already struggling to make ends meet
Although she feels the hardship of reality for the first time, she is still young,
and could not offer any help to her parents
Whenever she is reminded of the quarrel she had with Mom before she fell ill,
Helena's heart is filled with regrets
Troubled a lot, she then tries to find peace in the drawing
Dad informs her that Mom will undergo an operation in the evening
Helena throws her arms around Dad, and sheds tears of worry
At night, Helena hears some music from a violin
She wakes up in the dark to call Dad for help, but he is not around
Curious, Helena walks towards the source of music
Later, she arrives in an alley, where a lonely Violinist,
a masked man named Valentine, and one more performer
As soon as the music comes to a stop, shadow, darkness sweeps through the alley
Violinist is devoured by the shadow, and breaks into pieces
Valentine grabs Helena to evade through a door
At this moment, a scary beast suddenly crawls out of the room
Valentine suggests that they should throw a book at the beast
Helena heeds his advice to stop the beast
In order to leave this house, Helena retrieves two more books from the shelf,
and curses the book, mimicking the voice of a man
Miraculously, the two books turn into frisbee for them to ride on
Slowly and steadily, Valentine and Helena manage to get out of the place
While floating in the air, Helena finds the world half real and half surreal
Soon after, they arrive at the city
Little do they know that the Queen of Shadows has sent out spider spies to monitor their movements
There, Helena and Valentine are surprised to see many citizens fleeing their homes
They learn that the Queen of Light has fallen into a deep sleep,
and the city is now at stake to collapse
All of a sudden, a group of soldiers mistake Helena for the Princess, and so capture her
Despite her objection, they bring her back to the palace
It turns out that in order to awaken the Queen of Light,
the Prime Minister has been searching for the charm
When he sees Helena, he realizes she is not the one he has been looking for
Helena then knows that there is a delicate balance
between the world of Light and the world of darkness
But the balance is destroyed by an incident
Some time ago,
the Queen of Light fell into an unnatural sleep after she met with the Princess of Shadows
Since then, the City of Light has been gradually devoured by shadows
Helena finds the Queen of Light resembles her mom;
and so she realizes that what is happening must be in her painted world,
and that It is her mission to rescue the Queen, and save the City of Light
At first, the Prime Minister thinks that it is too late to awaken the Queen
But during their conversation, the white rose in Queen's hand begins to bloom
That gives him much hope, so he gives Helena the go-ahead
Later, Helena journeys to the library, accompanied by Valentine
In her quest for charm, a book named The Truly Useful Book, lands on her head
She flips it open and finds one page saying,
Remember What Your Mother Said
She continues to read more,
and learns that sunshine is one key factor to awaken the Queen
When she looks out the window, she sees a flash of light
Immediately, they run to where it is
On an empty street,
Helena discovers a window that allows her to observe her own bedroom in the real world
She soon realizes that her own drawings are clues she would need
Following the tips, she goes to a park named Giants
Over there, she sees the sun image shown in the drawing
Just when she is about to enter the park, the monster, who keeps the door,
pops out and questions her like the Sphinx
Helena is wise enough to answer all questions without trouble
And then, she takes the spiral stairs up, and asks the two floating Godzilla statues about the charm
To her disappointment, the statues speak their Godzilla-shit too slowly
At the same time, darkness encroaches on the park
Racing against the clock,
Helena and Valentine urge the giants to give the metal box that they safeguard
The giant throws the box at Helena, and lets her know that the charm is actually the mirror mask
Soon after, one of the giants is taken down by the shadow
Helena and Valentine have no time to mourn over the loss, but immediately flee the park
As they land their feet somewhere safe, Helena takes out the metal box to study
It contains a key
But they have no clue which locks it matches with
Furthermore, they have zero knowledge about the mirror mask
In order to make some progress, Helena and Valentine decide to step into a Mask Shop
The owner receives them warmly, and serves them with delicious cake
At the washing room, Helena looks out the window, and sees another Helena in her bedroom
The doppelganger of herself argues with Dad, and even stares at the world of the painting
Helena avoids eye contact with her, and leaves the Mask Shop
On the way, they are surrounded by a horde of hungry beasts
Helena refers to the Useful book for tips, and tears the page to distract the beasts
While the beasts mount on the paper, Helena and Valentine run away
To Helena, windows are a channel for her to see the real world
Though she tells Valentine about such an exciting discovery, he does not understand it
Helena feels a little upset, because no one shares her feelings
Soon after, she finds a building that resembles the key, which they found earlier
Without further ado, the two walk up the stairs to take a close look
While searching around inside the building, Helena accidentally falls into an underground pit
The cave is home to a flock of chimp-like doves
Helena is not afraid of them at all
Instead, she befriends them, and probes about the mirror mask
At this moment, the Raven of the Queen of Shadows bursts in
To protect Helena, the chimp-like doves carry her all the way up, and eventually into the sky
Soaring overhead, Helena looks down on the landscape, and quickly spots a bright spot
This makes her realize that the so-called mirror mask exists
at the intersection of the land of the sun,and the land of the night
Having made some progress on the mirror mask, Helena looks into a window again
This time around, she finds the doppelganger herself,
falling in love with a gangster in the real world
As she watches, the couple is kissing each other
Frustrated, she shouts at the real world
Valentine soon pulls her away
And then they travel to a lake to find the mirror mask
By the lake, she sees Mom
What's more, the phantom first appears as the Queen of light,
and then transforms into Mom in real life
Helena orders herself to be more focused,
after realizing that her dreams and her mother's are beginning to overlap
In order to enter the lake, she thinks hard from her own perspective
Her thoughts lead to the rising of an island
Helena and Valentine soon go up to the island, and walk into a room
In the middle of the room, they see a stone pillar full of lock holes
She immediately takes out the key to try them one by one
Suddenly, there comes an earthquake
That is because the painting is shifted by Helena herself in reality
Not only that, but the Helena in real life also changes the style of such drawings,
and argues with Dad again
Helena in the fantasy world, feels very sad watching the quarrel
Later, the island falls into an abyss
Valentine secretly contacts the Queen of Shadows, and takes Helena to the Queen
By doing so, Valentine receives a big sum of money
Helena tastes the bitter pain of betrayal for the very first time
There, The Queen of Shadow keeps Helena,
and brainwashes her to replace the missing Princess of Shadows
Forgetting her own origin and identity, Helena indulges in a corrupted life
On the other hand, Valentine cannot get rid of his guilt after selling Helena
He returns to the stone pillar on that mysterious island, and tries to open the lock
Sometime later, he manages to find the correct match
Unlocking it, he finds a treasure box that contains a letter, written by the Princess of Shadows
It turns out that Princess of Shadows cannot put up
with her Queen Mother's control in every detail of her life
She dreams of freedom
So she switches her life with Helena, with the help of the mirror mask
Valentine seeks Helena as soon as he learns the truth
Soon after, He awakens Helena's senses, and tells her the whole story
Having read the Princess' diary and the useful book,
Helena deduces that the mirror mask is hidden in the mirror of the Princess
So they quickly obtain the mirror mask, and flee the palace
The key to switching back is to find the correct window
To Helena's disappointment, half through the journey,
Valentine is again tempted by some eye-pleasing fruits
In the end, he takes the future fruit, which takes 300 years to grow
And then, he sees his own future,
and realizes that he is merely an unlucky waiter in the real world
Helena tells him to focus on the current mission
Putting aside those worries, Valentine and Helena run into the dark jungle
It is a barren path, where not a single house is seen
They keep running, but cannot find a window to try the magic
Meanwhile, the Queen of Shadows calls her officials for a meeting
She is excited to take over the kingdom of Light, and combine the two realms
But the news of the Princess has gone missing for a second time, upsets her a lot
At once, she transforms into a dark cloud to give a fast and furious chase
Helena and Valentine are shocked to see the Queen of Shadows appear in the sky
She does not give them any room for negotiation
When she opens her mouth, the two poor things are covered by darkness
Unexpectedly, Valentine defends them with the mirror mask
The light reflected from the mirror mask, summons a tower to carry them away
The Queen of Shadows spreads her numerous hands to snatch them, but to no avail
Helena discovers a window in the tower, and wants to evade the fantasy world through it
But the Princess of Shadows has already realized what happens, and is now destroying the paintings
It is clear that Helena cannot return to reality, when all the paintings are torn off
True enough, the entrances disappear before her eyes
Thinking that Helena will never be able to make it back,
Princess of Shadows goes to the rooftop, to celebrate her ever-lasting freedom
To her shock, Helena appears through the painting on the wall at the rooftop
As soon as she puts on the mirror mask, Princess of Shadows is pulled inside,
then taken back to the painting world
After that, the real Helena finally lands on her foot safely
She opens her eyes, only to find herself lying on the rooftop
Dad covers her with a coat, and embraces her
He informs her that Mom's surgery is successful
Helena bursts into tears of joy
At the end of the story, Mom recovers from her illness;
and Helena adopts a more positive mind towards her life
Owing to the family's concerted effort, the circus creates bigger success than before
Many people want to be part of the circus
Among the job applicants,
Helena is more than thrilled to see the boy whom she has been waiting for,
and the boy turns out to be Valentine
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