Le roi et l'oiseau (1980)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Paul Grimault

Writers:

Hans Christian Andersen (fairy tale The Sheperdess and the Chimney Sweep)
Paul Grimault (writer)

Release Date:

19 March 1980 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Mockingbird | Troubadour | Wit | Giant Robot

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jean Martin	...	L'oiseau (voice)
Pascal Mazzotti	...	Le roi (voice)
Raymond Bussières	...	Le chef de la police (voice)
Agnès Viala	...	La bergère (voice)
Renaud Marx	...	Le ramoneur (voice)
Hubert Deschamps	...	Le sentencieux (voice)
Roger Blin	...	L'aveugle (voice)
Philippe Derrez	...	Le liftier / Le speaker (voice)
Albert Médina	...	Le belluaire / Le haut hurleur (voice)
Claude Piéplu	...	Le maire du palais (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lionel Charpy	...	(voice)
Jacques Colombat	...	(voice)
Robert Lombard	...	(voice)
Jean Mermet	...	(voice)
Vincent Montrobert	...	(voice)
Popeck	...	(voice) (as Jean Herbert)
Pierre Risch	...	(voice)
Bruno Sermonne	...	(voice)
Jean Vimenet	...	(voice)
Jeanne Witta	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

The King and the Mockingbird (International: English title)

Runtime:

83 min | Sweden:87 min | France:81 min (DVD)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:7 | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Antenne-2

Movie Connections:

Referenced in La boum 2 (1982)

The best animation ever ?

The poetry of Jacques Prevert's text associated with the poetry of Paul Grimault's drawing renders a unique piece of cartooning associating emotions and laughters in a rare way. It would be easy to sum up the story, but it would be like summing up a poem, it'd be a crime. Let's just say it is the story about the king V and three makes 8 and 8 makes 16.