The iconic painter, who's known for featuring a variety of creatures and objects in her work, such as monkeys, Xolo dogs, and fruit of all kinds, has these things all around her in the film.
Early examples of Japanese animation in the 20th century were inspired by animators in America and Europe, and most were adaptations of Asian folklore and legends in traditional Japanese art styles.
Paris was the city of choice for painters like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse, as well as writers, like James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Paintings from the likes of Caspar David Friedrich and Joseph Wright of Derby turned to the Moon as a central theme — often with small human figures, their backs to the viewer in quiet reflection.