It takes someone who is truly heartbroken to create a movie like Sita Sings the Blues (2008), the greatest break-up story ever told. The movie actually tells two break-up stories in parallel: Nina Paley, the director whom Wired called One-Woman Pixar, was heartbroken and left homeless after being dumped by her husband with email; Sita, the ideal woman in the Indian epic Ramayana, was banished by her husband, Rama. The director found great resemblance between her experience and Sita's. Through Sita's courage and purity, the director seemed to obtain the inspiration and morale support that was required to finish the movie. If Sita's final act of returning to the mother earth had any counter part in the director's life, it will probably be the releasing of the movie into the world for everyone to see.

• Poster derived from the official site
• Original songs and sound clips on My Pet Dragon
• Referece: FAQ by Nina Paley