[2] Standing next to a water reservoir in a monastery enclave, a monk sees a fish and goes to get his net to catch it.

He gets into the pond himself, and enlists the help of other monks; he tries candles, and a bow and arrow to no avail.

[3] The film was made using a traditional animation technique; Nowadays, hand-drawn animation is often assisted by computers with digital ink and paint or an graphics tablet, but this has been made in the traditional way using brush, Indian ink, and watercolour.

The specially created music score, by Serge Besset, is based on La Follia by Arcangelo Corelli.

It was also one of seven short subjects shown in French cinemas and released on VHS[7] as part of the package film Le Petit Cirque et autres contes.