*No Spoilers!*

About 100.000 feature films are made each year. Of these, every 1000'th might turns out to be a masterpiece. Yet many other movies will ever find their deserved recognition and are indirectly robbed of their status as 'masterpiece'.

I would contently lay back if my cup is filled with only 12 of these countless of annual masterpieces over a duration of 12 to 18 months. 'Prodigies' deserves to be on the list of 'twelves', setting itself apart as a symphony of technology, artistry -which also extends to the creative camera-work - and a strong, resonating story (which truly moved me).

Rather than the typical animated PG-13 flick, that is family-themed and wrapped in a nice-chlichee story, 'Prodigies' is one of a few CG-animation movies with an adult-theme.

*Visually the movie makes a good compromise between quality and a medium-budget. The CGI world is physically well modeled, light is raycast and all characters are Motion-captured, with full facial expression capturing. (There's a 'making-of', on youtube for those interested.) Out of over a thousand movies I have watched, 'Prodigies' is amongst the most powerful I have ever seen.

With the right promotion this movie is bound to get its share of awards.

*Story-wise and to some extend also visually, CG-animation movies that come closest are "Parasite Eve" and "Resident Evil".

'Prodigies' is one of the few movies, I will definitely buy.

PS: To resonate with the story, bear in mind that the five prodigies share a psychic connection and as such also shared the trauma of the rape. The extend to which Miss Ji Lian was involved in the events -turning out they way they did- was treated somewhat ambiguously (at least to me)