Fresh
"The King and the Mockingbird" just might be the best animated film of the year.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The King and the Mockingbird
1980 · 1h 23m · Not Rated
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Paul Grimault
Overview
The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XVI, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s attempts to shoot birds. One night, a portrait of the king comes to life and disposes of the real king, taking his place. The portrait king falls in love with a young shepherdess in another painting and intends to marry her. But, alas, the shepherdess has fallen in love with a chimneysweep and together they elope from the king’s palace. Enraged, the king sends his police to capture them and once they are within his power he forces the shepherdess to marry him. The mockingbird must use all his guile and courage to once more thwart the king and bring his evil reign to an end.
Director and cast
- Paul Grimault Director
- Jean Martin as L'oiseau (voice)
- Pascal Mazzotti as Le roi (voice)
- Renaud Marx as Le ramoneur (voice)
- Raymond Bussières as Le chef de la police (voice)
- Agnès Viala as La bergère (voice)
- Albert Médina as Le belluaire / Le haut hurleur (voice)
- Philippe Derrez as Le liftier / Le speaker (voice)
- Roger Blin as L’aveugle (voice)
- Claude Piéplu as Le maire du palais (voice)
- Hubert Deschamps Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An unforgettable story of love, loss and life's absurdities.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
On a basic level, The King and the Mockingbird is a fun fantasy. But to the two poets who first imagined it, it must have felt like a repository for all the madness of a still-smoldering world.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The film is suffused with a subversive attitude toward the rich and clueless, epitomized by a king at war with a talking bird.
Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
What a tortured path "The King and the Mockingbird" has taken to reach theaters in the United States, and what a treat it is for us to be able to experience it now.
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
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