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The King and the Mockingbird
The King and the Mockingbird
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THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD

Le roi et l'oiseau

Directed by Paul Grimault
France, 1980
Animation, Family, Fantasy

Synopsis

A pompous, cross-eyed king is in love with a shepherdess in a painting. The two-dimensional beauty, however, desires the dashing young chimney sweep in the frame next door. The two seek to escape the dastardly clutches of the tyrant with the help of a brightly feathered mockingbird.

Synopsis

A pompous, cross-eyed king is in love with a shepherdess in a painting. The two-dimensional beauty, however, desires the dashing young chimney sweep in the frame next door. The two seek to escape the dastardly clutches of the tyrant with the help of a brightly feathered mockingbird.