The Rain Children

Plot

After the Great Sundering, the world was split. One part is a vast desert, the land of fire, where the Pyross live. They have red skin and are stocky and muscular. Water burns them, and rain is deadly.

They use shining crystals called sunstones for money and power. During the rainy season, they stay inside their stone city, hiding from the rain and from wild water dragons that come into their land. The other part is the land of water, home to the Hydross. They have blue or turquoise skin and curvy features, and they need water to live.

In summer, the Hydross turn into stone statues, becoming helpless. Then the Pyross can leave their city and go into Hydross territory to smash as many statues as they can before the rains start again. The two groups know almost nothing about each other. If they touch, their skin burns the other.

Peace seems impossible, but a Pyross named Skan and a Hydross named Kallisto meet in a strange way and try hard to stop the endless war.

Did You Know?

• The film was presented at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2003.
• The characters, backgrounds and general looks were conceived by French illustrator and comic author Caza.
• The original soundtrack was composed by Didier Lockwood.