Le Roi et l’oiseau - Joyeux anniversaire Anima !

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A birthday without surprises is like a cake without candles, so to celebrate our 45th edition, we’ve prepared a special screening. 

The tyrannical King Charles V + III = VIII + VIII = XVI reins over the kingdom of Takicardia. Only a bird dares to taunt him. The king is in love with a charming and modest shepherdess whom he wants to marry by force. But she loves a young chimney sweep …
Begun in 1947, this film was written by the poet Jacques Prévert, based on a story by the Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. It has been screened several times at the Anima Festival since its creation in 1982. Emblematic of European animation, it has had a lasting influence on subsequent generations, including on Hayao Miyazaki.